Location: San Gimignano
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Top 6 Specialty Museums in San Gimignano, Tuscany
San Gimignano, known as the "city of beautiful towers," had 72 towers in its heyday. Now 14 remain, and, rising above Tuscany's Elsa Valley, they make the town look like a medieval dreamscape. Take in the fresco-covered Collegiate Church, the Civic Museum and the views from atop 177-foot Torre Grossa. Daytrippers from Florence tend to fill up the streets during the day, so for a more up-close-and-personal look at the town, spend the night.
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1. Galerie Peugeot
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
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2. Museo Della Tortura
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4.0 based on 547 reviews
Medieval and criminal Torture Museum of San Gimignano: "A collection of instruments of torture" This exhibit includes images and words, a unique world-wide collection: 100 instruments produced for causing pain and death. It shows exceptionally rare pieces dated back to the XVI, XVII and XVIII century and more recent philological reconstructions of ancient and lost instruments. Very well known instruments such as the Iron Maiden, the Guillotine, the Rack, the Interrogation Chair and the Chastity Belt. But the peculiarity of the exhibit is showing to the public for the very first time less known but very refined instruments. From the Heretic’s Fork to the Noise-maker’s fifes, to the Gatta da Scorticamento to the Spanish Spiders, these instruments prove how human imagination and sophisticated intelligence had no limit in finding new ways to inflict the most atrocious and cruel tortures. One section of museum is entirely dedicated to witchcraf, witches hunt and to the Inquisition Tribunal.
Reviewed By FrankGeisler - Zurich, Switzerland
A very well presented museum of torture across the centuries. You pay 10 EUR per adult and 7 EUR reduced and get entrance into two torture museums in close distance. Everything is described in multiple languages and gives you great insights. Is this a helpful review? Then please give me a "Thumbs up Thank FrankGeisler" by clicking the button below.
3. Museo Storico Della Tortura
4. Vernaccia di San Gimignano Wine Experience - La Rocca
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4.0 based on 64 reviews
Vernaccia di San Gimignano Wine Experience – La Rocca was created by Consorzio del Vino Vernaccia di San Gimignano. The name of the centre is a declaration of what it aims to be: a place to experience wine directly, which means more than simply tasting it, involving deeper knowledge and emotional contact as well. It represents a unique and original experiment in Tuscany and it is the first organisation managed by winemakers to use the latest technological and multimedia tools to offer visitors an immersive experience.
Reviewed By mcr1018 - Phoenix, United States
We visited this "wine shop" at the very top of the hilltown--worth the hike up, if only for the views of the countryside. This is more of a collective of numerous wineries in the region to sample the various wine producers and learn about the grapes (even going outside the region), the process of production, and local history. I was driving, so abstained, but got to sit at the table with my companions. There was a large room of tables just off where the dispensing machines from the cards. They bought the "mini-master" class which was supposed to be about 20-30 minutes of sampling flights, but it turned into a conversation of over an hour with a few extra samplings (there were not many people in town that day, so maybe he was bored, or my companions' keen interest and respect for his knowledge came through; they are chatty people, generally I am not). We asked many questions, got detailed answers, and learned lots (we have been to many wine regions and always learn something new). This was an excellent experience and we wish everybody could get the attention we got.
