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San Gimignano in Provincia di Siena, Tuscany, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)
 

Leone Chellini

 
 
Leone Chellini Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 27, 2025
1. Leone Chellini Marker
Inscription.
In questa casa visse Leone Chellini (1880-1933)

Direttore del Museo Civico e del Museo dell'Opera ed erudito cultore della storia e del patrimonio artistico di San Gimignano


[English translation of Italian text:]
In this house lived Leone Chellini (1880-1933).

Director of the Civic Museum and the Opera Museum and a scholar on the history and artistic heritage of San Gimignano.

 
Erected 2009 by City of San Gimignano.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.
 
Location. 43° 27.911′ N, 11° 2.561′ E. Marker is in San Gimignano, Toscana (Tuscany), in Provincia di Siena. It is on Via San Giovanni 0.1 kilometers north of Via Bonda, on the right. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Via S Giovanni 100, San Gimignano, Toscana 53037, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Schengen Area, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, and specifically the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Porta San Giovanni / Gate of Saint John (within shouting distance of this marker); Garibaldo Cepparelli (within shouting distance of this marker); Via Francigena (within shouting distance of this marker); Chiesa di San Francesco / Church of Saint Francis (within shouting distance of this marker);
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San Gimignano War Memorial (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Olinto Ceccarelli (about 150 meters away); Adamo Borri (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Leopold II (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Gimignano.
 
Leone Chellini Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 27, 2025
2. Leone Chellini Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 80 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 25, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
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