Nicholas Roerich travelled across Italy from April to September 1906. He was particularly captivated by the unspoiled beauty of the historical architectural ensembles in the Tuscan hill-towns of Siena and San Gimignano. San Gimignano is named in honour of Bishop Geminianus of Modena, who allegedly halted the hordes of Attila the Hun at the city walls in the fifth century. Today, the town still lo...