Christmas tree
Inside the Romanesque church tree of candles Monteriggioni is a walled town in the province of Siena Tuscany Sitting on a small natural hillock this completely walled medieval town in the Siena Province of Tuscany was built in the 13th century by the overlords of Siena to command the Cassia Road running through the Val d Elsa and Val Staggia just to the west of Monteriggioni The more or less circular walls with a total length of about 570 meters were built between 1213 and 1219 following the natural contours of the hill There are fourteen towers on square bases set at equidistance and two portals or gates One gate the Porta Fiorentina opens toward Florence to the north and the other the Porta Romana faces Rome to the south The main street within the walls connects the two gates in a more or less straight line source Wikipedia org
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