Photos - Monteriggioni

On the Chianti - San Gimigniano - Siena bus tour, the last place that we stopped at was the walled medieval town of Monteriggioni which has survived remarkably intact.  The bus dropped us in the car park at the bottom of the hill and we walked up into the town through the main gate and had a stroll around for a while.  These photos show some of the interesting (to me) parts of the town, mostly from the inside.

As a tourist attraction, they have people reciting parts of Dante's Divine Comedy in the streets as he references the town in it.  There was also a choral acapella group singing in one of the back lanes.

 The tower above the main (south) gate.  Some restoration work is being done on the wall.

 The Monteriggioni church and bell-tower in the background.

 The north gate tower.

 The north gate and tower

 View of the Monteriggioni walls from just outside the south gate.

View south over the Chianti countryside from just outside the south gate.