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Tuesday 19 February 2019
Bagno Vignoni
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
This small hamlet has been famous since Roman times for its spas. In the center of the village you can see the famous "Piazza delle sorgenti", a large sixteenth-century, rectangular tank with thermal water. Also worthy of note are the four medieval mills excavated in the rock, fed by the reflux water of the tank.
City: Pienza
Palazzo Piccolomini
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
It is one of the first examples of Renaissance architecture in Italy, commissioned by Pope Pius II to Bernardo Rossellino, who was inspired to realize it by Palazzo Rucellai in Florence. Preserves the original furnishings of the fifteenth century, paintings, sculptures, Flemish tapestries, incunabula, rare books and papal bubbles. It is open to the public as a museum.
City: Pienza
Riserva naturale Lucciola Bella
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
It is a protected natural area of Crete Senesi. From here you can admire the villages of Monticchiello, Pienza, Radicofani and Castiglione d'Orcia, in addition to the typical landscape, consisting of calanchi and biancane (dome-shaped reliefs).
City: Pienza
Pienza Cathedral
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
he Cathedral was built between 1459 and 1462 by Bernardo Rossellino during the renovation of the city of Pienza, and in particular of its square. This is certainly one of the great works of the Italian Renaissance, which is inspired by Leon Battista Alberti. The interior houses many paintings by the best-known artists of the time.
City: Pienza
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