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The Atlas Obscura Guide To San Gimignano

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in San Gimignano, Italy

Updated June 19, 2012

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Medieval torture devices including a maiden on the right.

San Gimignano, Italy

The Museum of Medieval Torture

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

San Gimignano, Italy

Towers of San Gimignano

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.
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Cimitero di San Finocchi

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.
9 miles from San Gimignano
Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra

Volterra, Italy

Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.
9 miles from San Gimignano

Siena, Italy

Museo Anatomico at University of Siena

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.
16 miles from San Gimignano
Head of St. Catherine of Siena

Siena, Italy

St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
17 miles from San Gimignano
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Siena, Italy

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."
17 miles from San Gimignano
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