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ITALY SAN GIMIGNANO

Although legend attributes the high towers of the town to family rivalries, in fact they served a practical purpose to hang and dry the safron-dyed cloth produced locally

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10206162
Media ID
47408722
Size
6848px x 5167px (4.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by Walter Hale in Harper's Magazine
Date
1904

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