Piazza della Cisterna
San Gimignano, Italy

Piazza della Cisterna

Type: square / history

A triangular square in the heart of San Gimignano, built around a well dating from 1237. It is surrounded by towers and Gothic palaces that once belonged to wealthy local families. Paved with stone slabs, it provides an authentic feel of medieval urban life.

Tickets

Entry: 🟢 Free entry

Entrance to the square is free and open throughout the day. The surrounding towers and palaces are visible from the square without a ticket.

🏛️ Heads up: Old core — displayed distance is linear (as the crow flies); narrow streets and stairs mean actual walking is 1.3–1.5× longer than the number shown.

Parking nearby

centro

garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 1 min to the attraction (31m)

Address: San Gimignano

Parcheggio 2 Montemaggio

Open 24 hours garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 5 min to the attraction (347m)

Address: Piazzale Martiri di Montemaggio, San Gimignano

Opening hours: Open 24 hours

loading unloading luggage porta san matteo

garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 5 min to the attraction (384m)

Address: Via dei Fossi, San Gimignano

posteggio invalidi

garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 5 min to the attraction (391m)

Address: Via Garibaldi, 2, San Gimignano

Parking Publico

Open 24 hours garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 6 min to the attraction (411m)

Address: Via Bagnaia, 89, San Gimignano

Opening hours: Open 24 hours

Parcheggio P3 Bagnaia Superiore

Open 24 hours garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 6 min to the attraction (422m)

Address: San Gimignano

Opening hours: Open 24 hours

Parcheggio moto

garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 6 min to the attraction (452m)

Address: Piazzale Martiri di Montemaggio, 1, San Gimignano

estacionamento

garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 6 min to the attraction (472m)

Address: Via Niccolò Cannicci, 9A, San Gimignano

Parcheggio autobus San Gimignano

garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 7 min to the attraction (531m)

Address: Baccanella - Supermercato, San Gimignano

Parcheggio

Open 24 hours garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 8 min to the attraction (569m)

Address: San Gimignano

Opening hours: Open 24 hours

Parking lot

garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 8 min to the attraction (593m)

Address: Via Delfo Giachi, San Gimignano

Free parking

Open 24 hours garage/underground 🆓 Free Outside ZTL 🚶 9 min to the attraction (648m)

Address: Via Delfo Giachi, 99, San Gimignano

Opening hours: Open 24 hours

Free parking (lokacija 2)

garage/underground 🆓 Free Outside ZTL 🚶 9 min to the attraction (699m)

Address: Piazza della Pace, 4, San Gimignano

Parcheggio Giubileo P1

Open 24 hours garage/underground Outside ZTL 🚶 10 min to the attraction (781m)

Address: Italia, San Gimignano

Opening hours: Open 24 hours

Phone: +39 0577 990377

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Phone: +39 0577 940270

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Phone: +39 0577 943149

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Phone: +39 0577 940594

Opening hours: see details
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