Tuscany, Italy

Florence Part 2, Volterra, San Gimignano

After Florence, Volterra and San Gimignano were quaint and quiet little towns, a welcome change. Siena isn't really that big, but very popular with tourists. With no parking allowed inside town for non-residents, owning a car can become quite a hassle.

Arches and balcony	Angel holding up the curtains in San Lorenzo
Window shoppers from the tower in the square before the Cathedral	Evening shadows
Dining piggies in a butcher's window	Look at all the ham on the ceiling
Basilica di San Lorenzo	Inside the Capella dei Principi, the gigantic sacrophargi of the powerful Medici family can be seen
Remains of famous people (bones and whatnot) preserved in Relics in Capelle Medicee in the the Basilica di San Lorenzo	Fancy letterbox inside the Sagrestia Nuova
Pigeons love to sit everywhere...	Lantern scene
The scenery outside Volterra	Volterra
Volterra facades	Inside Palazzo Pretorio in Volterra
Jeweller reproducing Etruscan jewellery in Volterra	Roman Amphitheatre in Volterra
Volterra street	Volterra landscape
The towers of San Gimignano	The cistern of San Gimignano
One of the towers of San Gimignano	The antennas on the roofs of San Gimignano houses
Restaurant viewed from our hotel room in San Gimignano	San Gimignano window
A popular scene 'The Annunciation' in this part of the world, here in the church of San Gimignano	Doggy box in San Gimignano
Overlooking San Gimignano	The rooftops of San Gimignano
Siena facade	Fruits for sale in Siena
This guy had delicious Salami - butcher in Siena	Salami inside the shop
Shell shaped Il Campo square in Siena	Souvenier in Siena
The clock in Siena even shows the date	Towering Torre del Magia at Il Campo, Siena
This is where the water flows into from the sloping Il Campo	Depiction of "bad government" in a fresco in Palazzo Pulbico
Tourists relax at Il Campo	I wondered how the police managed to bear the heat in such gear
15th century Fonte Gala at Il Campo	Donning sunglasses at Il Campo
Fonte Gala, actually a copy	A fluffy pigeon at Fonte Gala
The Duomo of Siena	Inside the Duomo, statues of the popes
Siena	View from our room in Piombino. It would rain soon after

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