Italy - San Gimignano

We spent a few hours in San Gimignano on our way from Siena to Florence.  It was another interesting town and it too had a wall around it.  You will obviously notice a number of towers in the town (there are 14 in all).  There are two stories for the number of towers: one was that they were built as a sign of wealth and power for the families or to hang drying dyed fabrics (though they could have been used for this after the first reason).

The San Gimingano countryside.
More of the countryside.
And more of the countryside.
And more of the countryside (last one, I promise).
The entrance into the town.
One of the streets.
Some of the towers.
Two close towers with a third in the background.
Some ruins (an older wall)
You know those olives you eat out of the jar / can?  Here's how they start.