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LanguagesEnglish, Italian
Private tourOnly your group will participate
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.
What's included
All Fees and Taxes
Private transportation
Lunch
Air-conditioned vehicle
What to expect
Piazza Pio II
15m
A striking example of Renaissance perspective illusionism with an inverted perspective capable of creating an effect of widening the square.
Palazzo Piccolomini
30m · Admission ticket not included
Ancient papal residence dating back to 1462
Duomo
30m
Renaissance cathedral with rare German Gothic interior and marvelous altarpieces from the Sienese fifteenth century
Church of San Francesco
10m · Admission ticket not included
Thirteenth-century Gothic church with a very rare fresco cycle from 1380 inside, depicting the biographical events of San Francesco di Asssisi.
Pieve di Corsignano
30m · Admission ticket not included
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.
Corso il Rossellino
20m · Admission ticket not included
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.
Palazzo Borgia Museo Diocesano
45m · Admission ticket not included
Amazing museum of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Tuscan painting and sculpture, built inside the palace of Cardinal Jouffroy
Meeting and pickup
Meeting point
Tourist bus loading / unloading stop
Meeting point
Meeting place: Porta al Murello- Pienza
End point
The tour will end in different locations depending on the client's needs
Additional information
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
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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