Even this year, San Gimignano is preparing to “Ferie Messium”, the famous medieval festival which saw its first performance back in 1994 with the aim to celebrate and relive the historic events of the medieval period. Excellent opportunity for those who choose to come  to San Gimignano ,which will be decked out with banners and flags with the colors of the four factions of the city center. Like every year, they will participate to the celebrations of the feast of the Patron Saint and propitiatory rites for the harvesting period, the traditional “Ferie Messium”, which in the middle age was the opportunity to have fun with dances, songs, games and fighting on horseback.Continue Reading

San Gimignano, perched on top of a hill in the beautiful province of Siena, is famous and renowned all over the world mainly for its charming medieval towers, that make its cityscape absolutely unique and unmistakable.

These impressive buildings were owned by aristocrats and noble men during the Middle Ages, when rising towers and palaces as high as possible in the sky was synonymous with power and a visible sign of one’s own political and economic influence.

The majestic towers of San Gimignano dominate the wonderful surrounding countryside with an astonishing panorama, for this reason San Gimignano has been called “the Manhattan of the Middle Ages”. Continue Reading