FLORENCE, ITALY – Italian towns dominated the top 10 in travel search engine Trivago’s online reputation rankings for 2016 out Tuesday January 12, 2016, with Turkey’s Goreme on the winner’s podium.
Matera in Basilicata, which is set to be European Capital of Culture in 2019, placed second while the hilltop town of San Gimignano in Tuscany came in third.
Meanwhile the baroque town of Lecce in Puglia was in sixth place while Sorrento in Campania took the ninth spot in the Trivago Global Reputation Ranking 2016.
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. Known as the Town of Fine Towers, San Gimignano is famous for its medieval architecture, unique in the preservation of about a dozen of its tower houses, which, with its hilltop setting and encircling walls form “an unforgettable skyline”.
Within the walls, the well-preserved buildings include notable examples of both Romanesque and Gothic architecture, with outstanding examples of secular buildings as well as churches.
The Palazzo Comunale, the Collegiate Church and Church of Sant’ Agostino contain frescos, including cycles dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. The Historic Centre of San Gimignano is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The town also is known for the white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, produced from the ancient variety of Vernaccia grape which is grown on the sandstone hillsides of the area.
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