Pienza

Pienza, the city desired by Pope Pio II, a charming town located in the heart of Val D’Orcia, near Siena, in Tuscany, is considered the ideal city of the Renaissance.

The historic center, an expression of the urban canons of the Renaissance due to the rational organization of spaces and the prospects of sixteenth-century squares and palaces, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1966.

Pienza is a complete Renaissance creation conceived as an Utopian “New Town” by Pope Pius II, Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini.
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Rutiliano is the most ancient and historical documented name of a locality near Pienza, adjacent to the town, which has evidently been inhabited since prehistoric times. The name appeared for...
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“Pienza e i fiori” was born many years ago by the collaboration of a great nurseryman from Pienza: prof. Sirio Mangiavacchi, who dedicated much of his resources and his inventiveness...
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This Fair was officially born in 1974 on the initiative of the first President of the Pro Loco Dario Formichi, elementary teacher and leading figure of the town.
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