Caption
Panorama of San Gimignano, Tuscany, photograph, Cityscape with a road and an old fortress, city wall in the foreground on the right, and on the road people with horse and cart and stacks of wood on their shoulders. San Gimignano is known for its thirteen towers that dominate the city's silhouette, some of which can be seen here. These were erected in the 12th and 13th centuries by rival wealthy families. The towers served as residences and fortifications, but above all as objects of prestige. At its peak, the city had about 70 towers., inscription: 'No. 6378 San Gimignano - Panorama', inscription: 'NORWAY', c. 1870 - c. 1900, photographer, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 190 mm x width 250 mm, height 444 mm x width 356 mm, San Gimignano, A wide sepia-toned view of a town and surrounding landscape dominated on the right by a tall stone fortification with a rounded bastion topped by vegetation, a long curving stone wall extending inward and bordered by trees and scrub, and on the left a cluster of stone buildings and tall slender towers rising above the rooftops; in the foreground a dirt road runs between grassy and brushy banks, with a horse-drawn cart carrying several people and long bundled objects, a man standing nearby carrying a long bundle on his shoulder, and scattered small groups of people and trees along the slopes beside the wall.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B08_426
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