Castel San Gimignano Cemetery / MICROSCAPE architecture urban design AA
At the end of the 1200s, San Gimignano and Colle Val d'Elsa achieved full autonomy as free Municipalities and a pact of friendship was established between the two, which defined the territorial areas and expansion policies. Between 1309 and 1320, a mighty castle was erected on Monte Dei Lecci, acting as a line of demarcation and control. The town that soon sprang up around it was called Castel di San Gimignano. Before the 1300s there was already a church dedicated to Santa Cristina located in a small group of rural houses and farms in the area where the cemetery was built. The cemetery of Castel San Gimignano is a paradigmatic example of a "camposanto" in the Tuscan countryside: an expression of the civitas found in the village and its agricultural land, a source of life.
© Filippo Poli
architects: MICROSCAPE architecture urban design AALocation: Castel San Gimignano, Province of Siena, ItalyArea: 600.0 m2Project Year: 2019Photographs: Filippo Poli
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© Filippo Poli
architects: MICROSCAPE architecture urban design AALocation: Castel San Gimignano, Province of Siena, ItalyArea: 600.0 m2Project Year: 2019Photographs: Filippo Poli
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