The Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta is a sacred building in the rural Vitaleta in the town of San Quirico d’Orcia, in the province of Siena. The church , probably from the late Renaissance , was mentioned for the first time in a 1590 document. Today, the Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta is private […]
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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 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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Bardi Castle, also known as Castle of Landi, is an imposing fortress that stands on a rock of red jasper in the town of Bardi, in the province of Parma in Emilia-Romagna. The name ” Bardi ” is derived from the Lombards. The existence of a fort dating back to the reign of Berengar of […]
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The Fortress of Vairano Patenora resists there from the late ninth century. His name entered history at the beginning of the following century, at the time of the Norman King William II and Henry VI of Swabia, who attributed it to the abbot of Monte Cassino , Roffredo dell’Isola , May 20, 1191. Dissatisfied with […]
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