Pienza, Italy

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Rank : 9.6 (average on 14 votes)

Coordinates : 43.077369, 11.677014 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : Small village once called Corsignano, situated in Tuscany Province of Siena and in the middle of Val d'Orcia, recognized World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, is one of the artistic cultural reference villages throughout the Val d'Orciano territory, complete the extraordinary beauty of the territory of Monticchiello Fraction, also embedded in the valley. Knows the most significant period around 1460-1466, when Pope Pius II being to move from town he heads immediately the potential and he commissioned the architect Bernardo Rossellino to renew it with a radical, to the point that it was built a new town on the old, still you can appreciate the construction period because since then did not undergo excessive modifiche.Da not miss a visit to the central square where the Cathedral, Palazzo Piccolomini, Palazzo Borgia and Palazzo Comunale.Il surrounding area, well known to all, is predominantly agricultural, with crops that form the surrounding hills thanks to the able hands of local, first to care for and protect the countryside and its natural and appreciated all over the world, not surprisingly often used as background for advertising promotions of any kind, if not of environments for the production of films or whatever. For the rest of the wide spaces land are devoted to sheep, it produce one of the most respected nationwide cheese, the Pecorino Pienza.Altra feature that is immediately evident is the presence of many Cypresses often used to demarcate landholdings, as well as ornament to the characteristic farmhouses. Also appreciate the now rare Gullies that alternate with cultivated fields, clay hill formations that once appeared to be the seabed, just about recently, in the nature reserve Lucciola Bella, have resurfaced fossil remains of a marine mammal similar to the dolphin lived in area approximately 4.5 million years ago.

Recommended equipment : Place that lends itself to beautiful landscape images as well as to what we can find in a city center, then recommend to bring with it different possibilities from wide-angle to short telephoto lens to get, always recommended the stand.

Best months : We can go in Pienza throughout the year, each period can give different emotions, the surrounding area appearance changes even at very short distance of days.

How to get there : to go to the site for those coming from Rome (as a geographical reference) can use the A1 northbound, exit Chiusi-ChiancianoT. then towards Montepulciano Pienza.Per those coming from Florence (like geographical reference) can use the A1 southbound, exit Bettolle / Val di Chiana then direction Montepulciano Pienza.Molto striking is the SS2 Cassia, little traffic but that there it can reach Pienza through almost the entire Val d'Orcia

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Sunrise: 06:08, Sunset: 20:12

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