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Tuscany, San Gimignano, Piazza della Cisterna: Cisterna (fountain) of 1287 in the center of the triangular square; the fountain which gave the square its name was built in 1287 of travertine and was placed on an octagonal pedestal. In 1346, under the rule of local podestá Guccio Malavolti, it was extended. Around the square, there are several houses and tower houses of 12th and 13th century with huge medieval towers.
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