San Miniato, Italy【Walking Tour】4K

A walking tour in the tuscan town of 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼. It is a town and comune in the province of Pisa, in the region of 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐲, Italy.

San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley.

In medieval times, San Miniato was on the via Francigena, which was the main connecting route between northern Europe and Rome.
Over the centuries San Miniato was therefore exposed to a constant flow of friendly and hostile armies, traders in all manner of goods and services, and other travelers from near and far.

Archaeological evidence indicates that the site of the city and surrounding area has been settled since at least the paleolithic era. It would have been well known to the Etruscans, and certainly to the Romans, for whom it was a military post called "Quarto".

The first mention in historical documents is of a small village organized around a chapel dedicated to San Miniato built by the Lombards in 783.
By the end of the 10th century San Miniato boasted a sizeable population enclosed behind a moat and protected by a castle built by Otto I.
In 1116, the new imperial vicar for Tuscany, Rabodo, established himself at San Miniato, supplanting Florence as the centre of government.

The first walls, with defensive towers, were thrown up in the 12th century during the time that Italy was dominated by Frederick Barbarossa.

During the latter years of the 13th century and the entire 14th century, San Miniato was drawn into the ongoing conflict between the Ghibelline and Guelph forces. Initially Ghibelline, it had become a Guelph city by 1291, allied with Florence and, in 1307, fought with other members of the Guelph league against the Ghibelline Arezzo.

By 1347 San Miniato was under Florentine control, where it remained, but for a brief period from 1367-1370 when, instigated by Pisa, it rebelled against Florence, and for another brief period between 1777 and 1779 during the Napoleonic conquest.
It was still part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany when the Duchy was absorbed into the newly formed Kingdom of Italy in 1860.

During the last three weeks of November, San Miniato hosts a festival devoted to the gastronomically precious white truffle which is harvested in the area around the city. The white truffle is more highly valued than the black truffles found in Umbria and the Marche, and commands very high prices, reflected in the cost of restaurant dishes that incorporate truffles. In 1954 a record-breaking truffle found close to the nearby village of Balconevisi weighed in at 2,520 grams (5.56 lb) and was sent to the United States of America as a gift for President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Current (2019) prices for white truffle in the town are 2500 euros per kilo for first quality and 1800 euros per kilo for second quality.

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01:42 - St- Catherine Church
08:38 - St.Rocco and Sebastian Church (tour inside)
09:38 - Piazza Bonaparte
13:49 - Church of St.Francis of Assisi (tour inside)
24:02 - Panorama on the tuscan countyside
25:41 - Piazza della Repubblica (Republic's square)
34:28 - Frederich II tower
35:23 - Panorama on the town and the surrounding contryside
41:42 - Piazza del Duomo
45:40 - "Loggetta" of San Miniato
47:42 - People's Square (Piazza del popolo)
56:36 - Grifoni Family Palace
01:00:34 - Loggia of St.Domenico

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