SAN GIMIGNANO

First day of our Tuscany holiday.

I have sorted the pictures I took on the first day of our holiday.

We arrived at our agritourism lodging on a hill just opposite the lovely medieval town of San Gimignano. The first thing I did was to take a few shots of the town on top of the hill just opposite to us. I have been to San Gimignano a few years ago so the view didn’t surprise me. The tall towers are there as a symbol of wealth of the owners. There are many other medieval towns with towers just like these erected to show how wealthy the owner were.

On a subsequent day which we spent touring the town, I went on the highest of those towers to capture the astonishing view of the surrounding countryside.
Thank you very much for looking and for your comments on my previous pictures.

[Sue Wilde]

Stunning in monochrome

[Tony]

Fabulous postcard image. Beautifully captured. Fav

[Creative Fool]

Brilliant shot!

[Danny G.]

Gorgeous capture, wonderful composition and clouds - fav

[sally agnew]

Fascinating, love those towers. Really nice processing :-)

[Denise]

This is a fabulous image Dione. The landscape dotted with the medieval buildings pop against those clouds.

[alia_801]

Nice capture and processing - it looks like an antique postcard :)

[Lyn Berriman]

Love the ambience in this! And as for those clouds!!!

[Debi 🐩]

Nice scene I like the detail in the clouds

[Islandgirl]

What a stunning view! Love the towers reaching into the beautiful clouds!
Fav

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Stunning sky and town on a hill!

[Sheralee S]

Those towers really are impressive. That would be fantastic to see. Great shot Dione. fav.

[Carole Imes]

Fantastic picture postcard perfect scene. Love those towers and great tones. Enjoy your holiday in Tuscany!

[Brianna]

Ah, what an impressive scene!

[Peter Dulis]

Lovely capture - nice in monochrome

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Rick Schies]

Another great shot Dione

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Awesome capture. I hope your holiday was a good one.

[Gerry]

beautiful composition

[richard saffold]

did you get wealthy at the top of the tower?

[Yorkie]

fav,excellent

[tony gig]

A wonderful and amazing view...Fav

[Nicole]

Beautiful in b&w!!

[Mickey Anderson]

Wonderful view and processing!

[mervyn hobbs]

That brings back memories. I loved this place but unfortunately we were not long enough here.

[Milanie]

Those towers look amazing - wonderful view - and I love the processing you used.

[Call me Joe]

Incredible-love the editing--you're always travelling,take me w/U pls..ha!:)

[Colin Fawsett]

Impressive capture.

[Peggy Scroggins]

Looks like a wonderful vacation to take photos of. Nice job.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful capture , processing and framing on this great pic. and view on this nice city.
Thanks for you always great and nice comments.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Great image

[Margaret Obey]

Lovely, I like the processing Dione

[Terry]

You know your shots are good, when I recognize them before I scroll down to see the name.

[Leah]

Wonderful composition and processing!!! Love your framing!!! FAV!!!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Beautiful view- this shot looks like a wonderful post card.

[bkb in the city]

Very nice shot

[Diane]

Wonderful depth in this shot, very picturesque. fav

[Catherine W.]

Wow! Gorgeous! Fav for sure and love the processing!!!

[Chris K]

wonderful shot and love the clouds. very interesting about the towers too

[Dawn Ulmer]

Fascinating. Thank you for taking us on your trip.

[Dione Giorgio]

@swilde @tonydebont @creativefool @soboy5 @hermann @denisedaly @alia_801 @lynnilou @wearing0 @radiogirl @overalvandaan @bella_ss @cimes1 @lilminimonka @pdulis @kerristephens @digitalrn @mittens @gerry @chard @yorkie @tonygig @nicoleterheide @brillomick @carwyn3 @milaniet @joemuli @bristol_colin @miata2u @pyrrhula @ziggy77 @ceilidh @sarasdadandmom @lealady @olivetreeann @bkbinthecity @dianeburns @wannabe @cruiser @deu49097 Thank you very much for your wonderful comments and the fav's. They are so much appreciated.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Beautiful view and capture.

[Vicki Dixon]

great skyline!!!

[Dione Giorgio]

@dulciknit @vickisfotos Thanks.

[Margaret Pengelly]

We found these hill top fortifications amazing as we crossed Europe. Not a feature of early Australia. We settled down by the rivers so towns are associated with waterways.

[Dione Giorgio]

@ubobohobo Thank you for your comments. Towns in Europe, in the medieval period and before, were built on top of hills so they could be better defended. Still they were as close as possible to waterways.

[Allison Williams]

Wow! A definite fav.