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Overview

Born from a "dream of love and an idea of beauty", Pienza, the ideal city of the Italian Renaissance, is still today an intact testimony of an illustrious architectural project, commissioned by Pope Pius II Piccolomini and made concrete by the great Florentine architect Bernardo Rossellino. Built in a very limited period of time (1459-1462), the city of Pio is the result of a single master plan marked, by the will of the great humanist pope who gave it the name, by design criteria of harmony and aesthetic perfection still today. clearly visible in the small urban center that was Corsignano in the Middle Ages.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Tourist bus loading / unloading stop

End Point

End point

The tour will end in different locations depending on the client's needs

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Italian-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Piazza Pio II
A striking example of Renaissance perspective illusionism with an inverted perspective capable of creating an effect of widening the square.
Duration: 15 mins
2. Palazzo Piccolomini
Ancient papal residence dating back to 1462
Duration: 30 mins
3. Il Duomo di Pienza
Renaissance cathedral with rare German Gothic interior and marvelous altarpieces from the Sienese fifteenth century
Duration: 30 mins
4. Church of San Francesco
Thirteenth-century Gothic church with a very rare fresco cycle from 1380 inside, depicting the biographical events of San Francesco di Asssisi.
Duration: 10 mins
5. Pieve di Corsignano
Ancient rural parish church of early Christian origin built on an ancient immersion baptismal font. The main portal offers a peculiar decoration with pagan features from the 9th century AD. The interior shows the baptismal font where the two pontiffs of the Piccolomini family were baptized: Pius II and Pius III and a crypt.
Duration: 30 mins
6. Corso il Rossellino
Ancient main street of Pienza dedicated to the architect Bernardo Gambarelli known as Rossellino, architect and designer of Pienza. It shows the main cardinal palaces of the papal city.
Duration: 20 mins
7. Palazzo Borgia Museo Diocesano
Amazing museum of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Tuscan painting and sculpture, built inside the palace of Cardinal Jouffroy
Duration: 45 mins

Inclusion

Other

Exclusion

Private transportation

Lunch

In-vehicle air conditioning

Cancellation Policy

Check mark icon Refundable tickets

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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