San Gimignano, Piazza della Cisterna

This was probably a heavily-used well, possibly even the only one in this small town. It has been furnished with a hoisting beam, so a bucket can be attached to a rope and pulley. The water level may be quite far down the well, and it may have been hard work to haul it up, hence the rope and pulley.

 

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