COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
San Gimignano: Piazza del Duomo
Image View:
View of the Palazzo del Podestà, from east
Creator:
unknown (Italian)
Location:
site: San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy
Date:
ca. 1288-1298 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Medieval
Work Type 1:
piazza (square)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
stone; brick
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade; cityscapes; City planning
Description:
The Torre Rognosa ('Scabby Tower') of the Palazzo del Podestà (1255), the oldest surviving civic building, is 51 m high. The plain façade of the neighbouring Palazzo del Popolo (1288), to which belongs the Torre Grossa (1311; h. 54 m), belies its former splendour, since it was once inlaid with glazed terracotta arms of successive Podestà. Its present austerity complements the façade (1239) of the Collegiata Pieve (S Maria Assunta), consecrated in 1148. These buildings, grouped around the Piazza del Duomo, mark the town centre. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier:
1A2-I-SG-PD-A3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
San Gimignano: Piazza del Duomo
