- Italy 1996. Pienza.
Historic Center of the City
of Pienza (1996)
Italy
It was in this Tuscan town that Renaissance town-planning concepts were first
put into practice after Pope Pius II decided, in 1459, to transform the look of
his birthplace. He chose the architect Bernardo Rossellino, who applied the
principles of his mentor, Leon Battista Alberti. This new vision of urban space
was realized in the superb square known as Piazza Pio II and the buildings
around it: the Piccolomini Palace, the Borgia Palace and the cathedral with its
pure Renaissance exterior and an interior in the late Gothic style of south
German churches.
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Sources and links:
Other World Heritage Sites in Italy (on this site). Inactive links are not described on stamps. Please refer to the UNESCO-listing, section Italy for further information about such sites.
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