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Fortress / Tower
Bastione San Francesco
San Gimignano (SI), Tuscany
- Within the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Historic Centre of San Gimignano”
At a glance
- Type
- Fortress / Tower
- Coordinates
- 43°27′53″ N, 11°02′31″ E
About
No English description yet
Opening hours and directions are on this page. The full story is on Italian Wikipedia.
Read it in ItalianPhotos
Getting there
Barberino Val d'ElsaTrain, nearest
6.8 km as the crow flies
Bastione San Francesco
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
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Nearby
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Bastione San Francesco?
Bastione San Francesco is in San Gimignano, in the province of Siena (Tuscany), Italy. GPS coordinates: 43.46470, 11.04190.
What else is there to see near Bastione San Francesco?
Nearby you’ll find: Porta San Giovanni (100 m away), SanGimignano1300 (200 m away), Campatelli tower (200 m away).
Sources and licences
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 6 photos
- San gimignano bastione mura 01 — sailko, CC BY 2.5
- Bastione San Francesco, San Gimignano, May 2009-1 — Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San gimignano bastione mura 02 — sailko, CC BY 2.5
- An die Porta San Giovanni schließ sich die Bastion von San Gimignano an. 01 — Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- San Gimignano - Città fortificata - 2023-09-13 00-25-15 001 — Aniello Bizzoco, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Bastion of Saint Francis, San Gimignano, Italy — Julian Lupyan, CC0
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences