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Cathedral of Pienza

Pienza

The Cathedral of Pienza is located on the central Piazza Pio II, next to Palazzo Piccolomini in Pienza. The Cathedral of Pienza was built by Pope Pius II between 1459 and 1462, and was directed by Bernardo Rossellino during the renovation of the city. Despite being one of the most important monuments of the Italian […]

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Piccolomini Palace of Pienza

Pienza

Piccolomini Palace is located in the center of Pienza, near the Duomo of Pienza. The palace, also known as Palazzo Pontificio, was commissioned by Enea Piccolomini, Pope Pius II, to Bernardo Rossellini, in the project of the reconstruction of Pienza as an ideal city. Designed in the late fifteenth century (after 1459 ), for the […]

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