Other opponents included Grand Master's proctor Peter Wormditt, Dominic of San Gimignano, John Urbach, Ardecino de Porta of Novara, and Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo Andrew Escobar.

Within this regions are vineyards that overlap the DOCG regions of Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Vernaccia di San Gimignano.

In 1922, an important year of his life, Escher traveled through Italy ( Florence, San Gimignano, Volterra, Siena, Ravello ) and Spain ( Madrid, Toledo, Granada ).

He broached these apocalyptic themes in San Gimignano where he went as Lenten preacher in 1485 and again in 1486, but a year later, when he left San Marco for a new assignment, he had said nothing of his " San Giorgio revelations " in Florence.

Other notable examples are in Cefalù, Cremona, Enna, L ' Aquila, Modena, Monreale, Naples, Genoa, Orvieto, Padua, Piazza Armerina, Pisa ( the Leaning Tower is the Duomo's bell-tower ), Prato, San Gimignano, Siena, Spoleto, Turin and Viterbo.

His first novel, Where Angels Fear to Tread ( 1905 ), is the story of Lilia, a young English widow who falls in love with an Italian man, and of the efforts of her bourgeois relatives to get her back from Monteriano ( based on San Gimignano ).

Even medium-sized towns such as San Gimignano are known to have featured seventy-two towers up to 51m in height.

In 14th century Tuscany, the newlywed couple's bath together was such a firm convention one such couple, in a large coopered tub, is illustrated in fresco in the town hall of San Gimignano.

Florence was a major attraction, and other Tuscan towns, such as Siena, Pisa, Lucca and San Gimignano, were also considered important destinations.

Italy is home to forty seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country, including many entire cities such as Verona, Siena, Vicenza, Ferrara, San Gimignano, Urbino, Matera, Pompei, Noto and Siracusa.

He painted frescoes, dated before 1475, for the Santa Fina Chapel in the Tuscan Collegiata di San Gimignano, in an independent commune that had come under the rule of Florence in 1351.

His future brother-in-law, Sebastiano Mainardi, assisted him with these commissions in Rome and in the early frescoes at San Gimignano.

Unlike the historical account, only Francesco de ' Pazzi was killed at the time of the coup's failure: Vieri had been killed during an invasion of San Gimignano by Auditore-aligned condottiero, and the rest ( Jacopo de ' Pazzi, de Bagnone, di Bandino Baroncelli, Maffei and Salviati ) escaped Florence only to be hunted down and killed by Ezio over the next two years.

A copy of the work, executed shortly thereafter by Lippo Memmi in San Gimignano, testifies to the enduring influence Simone's prototypes would have on other artists throughout the 14th century.

* Coronation of the Virgin ( 1483 )-altar-piece painted in the choir of the cathedral at San Gimignano

San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy.

Known as the Town of Fine Towers, San Gimignano is famous for its medieval architecture, unique in the preservation of about a dozen of its tower houses, which, with its hilltop setting and encircling walls form " an unforgettable skyline ".

The " Historic Centre of San Gimignano ", is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The town also is known for the white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, produced from the ancient variety of Vernaccia grape which is grown on the sandstone hillsides of the area.

San Gimignano was founded as a small village in the 3rd century BC by the Etruscans.

While the official patron is Saint Geminianus, the town also honours Saint Fina, known also as Seraphina and Serafina, who was born in San Gimignano 1238 and whose feast day is March 12.

On May 8, 1300, San Gimignano hosted Dante Alighieri in his role of ambassador of the Guelph League in Tuscany.

There was little subsequent development, and San Gimignano remained preserved in its medieval state until the 19th century, when its status as a touristic and artistic resort began to be recognised.

Kapor was the original Chair and is currently on the Board of Directors of Linden Lab, a San Francisco-based company which created the popular virtual world Second Life, and a member of the Advisory Board for the Wikimedia Foundation.

Charismatic gambler and highwayman Jack Powers had virtual control of the town in the early 1850s, until driven out by a posse organized in San Luis Obispo.

Recent commissions include “ Earthquake !” a ballet that premiered at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco in April 2006 ; “ Little Shimmers ” for the TroMetrik ensemble, which premiered at ODC in San Francisco in April 2006 ; “ Daredevil ” for the ArrayMusic chamber ensemble, which premiered in Toronto in 2006 ; A concert-length sequence of works for orchestra and virtual worlds ( including " Canons for Wroclaw ," " Khaenoncerto ," " The Egg ," and others ) celebrating the 1000th birthday of the city of Wroclaw, Poland, premiered in 2000 ; A triple concerto, " The Navigator Tree ," commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Composers Forum, premiered in 2000 ; and " Mirror / Storm ," a symphony commissioned by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, which premiered in 1998.

In 1851, with Wells and others, he organized the firm of Wells Fargo & Company to conduct an express business between New York and San Francisco by way of the Isthmus of Panama and on the Pacific coast, where it long had a virtual monopoly.

Tymnet was an international data communications network headquartered in San Jose, California that used virtual call packet switched technology and X. 25, SNA / SDLC, ASCII and BSC interfaces to connect host computers ( servers ) at thousands of large companies, educational institutions, and government agencies.

Forterra Systems, Inc. was a 3D graphics software company headquartered in San Mateo, California that produced private and secure MMO virtual worlds for corporate, government, defense, medical and educational clients.

Locations with Yuri's Night celebrations have included Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Huntsville, Alabama, New Orleans, Inverness, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Lisbon, Afghanistan, Latvia, Romania, Peru, Antarctica, and the International Space Station, in addition to many other locations and virtual on line celebrations.

Sánchez remained with Nixon during the former President's virtual exile in San Clemente, California, and appears as a character in both the play and the movie Frost / Nixon.

However, the virtual reality craze wears off, and Gloria, Lewis, and their virtual reality rig travel onward, possibly to San Francisco.

Licensed to Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, it broadcasts an analog signal on VHF channel 6 and a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 23 ( virtual channel 6. 1 via PSIP ) from a transmitter on Tijuana's Mount San Antonio.

KENS, virtual channel 5 ( digital channel 39 ), is the CBS-affiliated television station in San Antonio, Texas.

KBCW, digital channel 45 ( virtual channel 44 ), is a West Coast flagship station of the The CW Television Network based in San Francisco, California.

WOAI-TV, virtual channel 4 ( digital channel 48 ), is the NBC affiliate television station serving the San Antonio, Texas, USA metropolitan area.

KABB, virtual channel 29, is the Fox Network affiliate television station in San Antonio, Texas.

KMYS, virtual channel 35, is the CW-affiliated television station in San Antonio, Texas.

KCWX is the MyNetworkTV-affiliate for San Antonio, Texas, broadcasting on PSIP virtual channel 2 over their digital channel 5.

KPIX-TV ( virtual channel 5 ) is the CBS owned and operated television station in San Francisco, California.

* The virtual museum of the city of San Francisco

Licensed to Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, it broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 33 and a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 34 ( virtual channel 33. 1 via PSIP ) from a transmitter on Tijuana's Mount San Antonio.

KLST, virtual channel 8, is the CBS-affiliated television station in San Angelo, Texas.

KVCR-DT digital channel 26 ( virtual channel 24. 1 ) is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service, and is owned by the San Bernardino Community College District.

KVDA, virtual channel 60, is the Telemundo-affiliated television station in San Antonio, Texas.