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Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum (Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale)


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 11 attractions in San Gimignano
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Attraction type: History museum, Specialty museum
Address: Porta San Giovanni, 123 San Gimignano 53073
Italy
Tel: 39 0577 940526

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1 of 5 stars
nataliegoestojapan 48 contributions
Athens, Georgia
Jul 30, 2008

There are actually 2 Museums of Torture in this tiny city, and apparently a torture museum in every town in Europe we visited. It's a small, clean museum with many antiseptic devices and a long description of how the devise was used next to it. I didn't find this a pleasurable, or particularly illuminating experience. I found the descriptions long... more

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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Boston , Ma
Feb 18, 2006
1/3 found this review helpful

A nice and small museum, very informational and educational. Worth every penny and minute of your time. more

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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Munich, Germany
Mar 29, 2003
7/11 found this review helpful

If you're visiting St Gimignano *make sure* you also pay a short visit to the museo della tortura. as my predecessing reviewer stated, the museum building itself is rather interesting. you immediately feel transfered into the old times when god-like pope-sent inquisitors spoke thir dark verdicts. Every room looks quite "spooky" with that little touch of the dark middle ages... more

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3 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Boston, MA
Jan 9, 2003
12/19 found this review helpful

The Museo Della Tortura is located in the Piazza Cisterna in San Gimignano. The cost, as of December 2002, is €8,00. Pretty steep for a dozen or so small rooms totalling no more than 100-150 items. If you're into the macabre, though, you should not pass it by. Originals and reproductions of instruments of torture and execution from medieaval times... more

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4 of 5 stars
lawtennis 11 contributions
Florence, Italy
Mar 21, 2009

il tema della tortura e dela macabro è una costante di fascino e mistero. l' ho visitato in una sera... more

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Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum (Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale) Address

Porta San Giovanni, 123, San Gimignano 53073, Italy
Tel: 39 0577 940526