Enjoy Tuscany: Art, Culture and Tourism in Pienza, Siena.
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Office:
Piazza Pio II, tel. and fax 0578/ 749071. Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. / 3:00 - 6:30 p.m. |
Pienza embodies
the Renaissance
dream of the "ideal
town," planned
by Bernardo Rossellino
(1409-1464) for
Pio II in 1459-1462
and for this reason
rightly famous all
over the world.
This little village,
named Corsignano,
was the birthplace
in 1405 of Enea
Silvio Piccolomini
(1405-1464), then
pope Pio II in 1458:
he immediately decided
to change his village
in a monumental
town and appointed
Rossellino to plan
it, while he induced
some cardinals and
noble families to
build here their
palaces. In 1462
Pio II promoted
Corsignano town
with the name of
Pienza, unfortunately
the works were over
in 1464, when Pio
II and Bernardo
Rossellino died.
In the neighbourhood
we suggest to visit
the Pieve of Corsignano,
the monastery of
Sant'Anna in Camprena
and
Monticchiello
. Pienza is also
famous for its excellent
pecorino, a sheep's
cheese.
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