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 Currently this completely restructured building, where a medieval Hospital was even placed, offers comfortable, peaceful rooms for those persons who want to enjoy the atmosphere of a medieval town with its ancient buildings, churches and lanes. This location will also give you the chance to join all the shows taking place in the surrounding squares. |
 It will even give you the chance to visit the wonderful Tuscan countryside surrounding San Gimignano. Taking a short walk out of the town walls through the medieval gate "Le Fonti" you can easily reach San Jacopo Templar Church or the Cloister in "Sant'Agostino" XIII° Century's Convent. Da Rosetta B&B has indipendent rooms that lean out on a great park with pines and cypresses. They are all carefully provided with ancient furniture, independent heating, bathroom and TV, you will also be provided with a common living room and a cooking space for your greater convenience as preparing breakfast or meals. |
 History
San Gimignano, a town with approximately 7,000 inhabitants that rises 334m above sea level, is surely one of the most interesting and charming towns of Tuscany. A town of Etruscan-Roman origins, San Gimignano gained importance in the Middle Ages mostly owing to the fact that it was crossed by the Frankisch Road, the renowed thoroughfare that connected Rome to the most important towns of Europe. Those who travelled this road could stop in San Gimignano to rest in one of its taverns, inns and assistance centres for pilgrims and as a result the town axperienced the developement of a lively commercial activity that brought richness to many families. To make a show of their richness, it was then that the familiese started to build the famous towers (out of 72 built, at the present only 15 ere still intact) but none could have been taller than the "Rognosa", the tower of the Podestà; the Ardinghelli family built two twin towers (if we imagine them one on top of the other, they are far taller than the "Rognosa" to show that their power exceeded the power of the Podestà. |
 Always owing to the Frankish Road, the townspeople of San Gimignano exported saffron, produced here in great quantities, mostly to Pisa, Lucca, Genoa, France and the Flanders; other sources of richness were wool and pottery, and naturally Vernaccia wine and olive oil. After the fights between Guelphs and Ghibellines, starting from 1353, San Gimignano was totally under Florentine rule. In 1478 the plague caused the economic collapse of the town, and a gradual recovery was only possible under Medicean rule. San Gimignano is also famous for its artistic heritage. Works bydi Benozzo Gozzoli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Filippino Lippi, Giuliano e Benedetto da Maiano, Jjacopo della Quercia, Lippo Memmi, Pinturicchio, Taddeo di Bartolo and others are in fact kept here. Modern art, too, is well represented in the historical centre. To enjoy a charming view of the medieval village and the surrounding countryside, it is sufficient to climb the only standing tower of the pentagonal fourtheenth-century Rocca (stronghold), demolished in 1555 by Medicean troops. Like the town, the prestigious Vernaccia wine of San Gimignano has a rich and fascinating history. It seems that the first shoots of Vernaccia reached San Gimignano around 1276 from Greece or Liguria. |
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