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Pienza
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InTuscany
August 27, 2022
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The Lathams
July 10, 2021
Pienza – the City of Pius. This pleasant city, situated in Val D'Orcia's heart (near Siena, in Tuscany), is considered to be the incarnation of a Renaissance utopia and an ideal city. Having obtained recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, today it continues to show off to the world its refined and sophisticated Renaissance urban plan: its spaces and perspective onto its 15th-Century piazzas and palazzi are organized according to the era’s ideals of rationality and humanism.
Pienza – the City of Pius. This pleasant city, situated in Val D'Orcia's heart (near Siena, in Tuscany), is considered to be the incarnation of a Renaissance utopia and an ideal city. Having obtained recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, today it continues to show off to the world its…
Alex
June 2, 2021
Pienza is a town and comune in the province of Siena, Tuscany, in the historical region of Val d'Orcia. Situated between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, it is considered the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism".[3] In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the entire valley, the Val d'Orcia, was included on the list of UNESCO's World Cultural Landscapes.
Pienza is a town and comune in the province of Siena, Tuscany, in the historical region of Val d'Orcia. Situated between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, it is considered the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism".[3] In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the…
Jennifer
August 28, 2020
Pienza enjoys a strategic position standing high atop a hill, dominating all the Orcia Valley with extraordinary views. It is a small town with several wonderful restaurants, cheese shops (the area is famous for its Pecorino cheese), wine bars and clothing shops. This charming village is widely known as the "ideal city of the Renaissance", the creation of the great humanist Enea Silvio Piccolomini who later became Pope Pius II. Piccolomini had the money and influence to transform his birthplace village, the humble Corsignano, into what he considered the Utopian city should be, exemplifying the principles and philosophy of classical times and of the great Italian Renaissance. Thus, Pienza became the realization of a dream!
Pienza enjoys a strategic position standing high atop a hill, dominating all the Orcia Valley with extraordinary views. It is a small town with several wonderful restaurants, cheese shops (the area is famous for its Pecorino cheese), wine bars and clothing shops. This charming village is widely kn…
Former Member
July 20, 2020
Don’t miss this wonderful town with views over the Val d’Orcia
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Pienza, Tuscany