Things to do in San Gimignano, Tuscany: The Best Museums

In the heart of Tuscany, in San Gimignano, a town witness of the History, Arts and Culture of our country, iSculpture has its rise, the first Contemporary Art Gallery featuring only Italian Sculptors. The art works of 24 artists welcome you in a charming historical setting, to tell you the magnificence of bronze, the alchemy of ceramics, the alabaster's transparence, the versatility of iron, the scent of wood and the marble's elegance.Its first location in San Gimignano is today joined by another exhibition space in Casole d'Elsa (SI).

Galleria Gagliardi is an extremely important cultural reference, among the most complete for the permanent promotion and sale of contemporary art: painting and sculpture. Every work is always subject to a scrupulous selection process, with every piece chosen directly in the studios of the artists with whom we work, constantly encouraging them to perform research, renewing their approach, improving their skills in order to present works of the very highest quality.

I was born in 1967 in San Gimignano, and here I decided to live and work.Since I was a young boy, the passion for photography has fascinated me, at the beginning because I felt I was immortalizing happy moments. And as I grew up I felt more and more that this hobby could become a serious occupation. As early as 1997 I had the chance to illustrate catalogues and books in collaboration with several national and international magazines (Conde Nast, Rusconi, Mondatori and others).Now he is looking towards a different type of image: a silent landscape where the human person, even though invisible, is always present and leads us towards a melancholic kind of joy.My first book "Viaggio nella Campagna Toscana" ("A Journey through Tuscan Landscapes") was published in 1998 after long and careful work so as to lead the reader on a poetic and aesthetic journey through the beauty of Tuscany. My wife Renata and I then decided to open a photo shop in San Gimignano, the first of its kind to sell colour and black and white photographs taken by me and printed in my own workshop. Our "La Bottega del Sale", the medieval "Salt Shop"in the Piazza Duomo, was inaugurated in April 2000 where we started this beautiful adventure which has brought us such great satisfaction.My journey as a photographer has grown steadily over the years. Initially I specialised in photographing landscapes, architecture and art. Later I tried to catch the soul of a silent landscape where the human being - even if not visibile - is always there conveying a feeling of melancholic joy. The second book of colour shots was published in 2008, with the title "Toscana dell'Anima" ("Tuscany of the Soul"), a volume of photographs selected together with poems of Tuscan authors of every age, from passionate verses from Cecco Angiolieri and Dante Alighieri to calmer and more ironic poets such as Folgore da San Gimignano and Aldo Palazzeschi. In the meantime, I have exhibited, participated in special events, and shown my work at "Rencontres de la Photographie" in Arles (France) in 2008 and 2009.I succeeded in realizing my first volume in black and white after years awaiting and respecting the flow of nature, in order to be able to photograph a landscape not just in its authentic form, but as my eyes would always like to see it. You must not be in a hurry when wishing to reproduce the sensations that flow through you when seeing a beautiful thing, and so "Toscana, occhi nel Silenzio" ("Tuscany, Eyes in the Silence") was published in 2010.

Located in San Gimignano, Campatelli is an 18th-century building that features one of the town’s famous medieval towers. The residence of a high-ranking family in the 19th and 20th centuries, Casa Campatelli reconstructs - through its fornitures, decor, paintings and private mementos - the ambience and history of a traditional Tuscan family and society of a bygone age, set against the background of 1000 years of history, recounted with sophisticated digital technology that encapsulates the origin of the legend of San Gimignano, givin visitors a deeper insight unto the town.

Mamdoh Badran (Porto Said, Egypt, 1945) Is a watercolor painter. He lives and works in San Gimignano, in his art galleries exhibits his paintings of landscapes, ancient villages, glimpses of the Tuscan countryside.

Re-Design of Oibo' born from recovery of waste materials, coming both from industrial and artisan production, but also take inspiration from found objects that will become waste. Lamps , chairs ,mirrors, piece of furniture characterized by their uniqueness, through the redesign tell a past , a childhood memory and the possibility of a different use, connecting tradition and design.

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We are all, plants animals and humans, woven on the same loom of Nature. Nous Art Gallery aspires to promote art which brings this to the foreground of human awareness, exploring, observing and contemplating the mystery of the living world and the one family of Life, exhibiting artists who are aiming to re-unite art and audience to Nature, through Nature, inspired in Nature.

Along with the Clock Tower, the Podesta's Palace Towers are the most impressive as they look out over the Piazza Duomo.

This is the town of San Gimignano, re-created in miniature, as it appeared in medieval times. It is accompanied by historical dioramas and a fascinaating timeline of the town's history.A new and exciting activity through the streets of the medieval town, solving puzzles, riddles and pitfalls.The protagonists will receive a kit that includes a map of the city as it was in the 1300s, a pen and a 14 page booklet where they will find not only the riddles for the hunt but also detailed explanations on all the towers that still exist today,on the 4 “Contrade” or neighborhoods and the most important families of that period.The treasure hunt is available in Italian, English and French.