European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It a l san Gimignani it on Linued from Pago 1,11. Governed by much legislation. For example Only  a or the owner of a merchant ship registered in Pisa could a build one. Also no private Tower was supposed to be taller than the 1 65-foot-High Torre Rogosa although the Torre Grossa lops out at i 75 feel. Each Tower for defensive purposes was topped by a Battle Pla form constructed of Wood. The most influential families built pairs of towers sometimes connected atthe of by wooden Bridges. Although Suja Gimignani s tossers were primarily built for use in fratricidal warfare and to hide treasures no doubt Pride and ostentation played significant roles in their soaring height. A Quot a san i Mig of present population 3,000,  a Star shaped circuit of Walls. Within the Walls it is difficult to find a building that dates from later than about. 1300. Then san Gimignani boasted four hospitals along with cloth pottery tanning and Glass blowing industries. The leaders of the Community were a pugnacious lot and vendettas rumbled on for generation after  Sangi Rignanesi annoyed their powerful neighbors to the Point that in the 16th Century Cosimo de Medici ordered a halt to the expansion of san Gimignani forbidding Florence  to it Quot even. The slightest amount for any need be it sacred or . A. V a a. These Days there in t a great Deal to do in san Gimignani except to stroll through its narrow streets past Higgley Pigg Ledy piled palaces and to Well while gazing out at the tranquil tuscan landscape of Cypress and Olive. Yet somehow that s quite enough. A amps photos by Michael Abrams w a 1 a  v r scenes from san Gimignani clockwise medieval buildings framed by a 13th-Century Well Piazza Del Dumo the City Gate the Well of Piazza Della Cisterna an Entrance to the town tourists stroll Down one of the town s a reefs. 12 stripes Magazine july 7, 7994, july 7f 1994 stripes Magazine 13