• Piazza Pio II - A remarkable example of Renaissance perspective illusionism, featuring an inverted perspective that creates the illusion of expanding the square.
• Palazzo Piccolomini - Historic papal residence established in 1462.
• Il Duomo di Pienza - A Renaissance cathedral showcasing a rare German Gothic interior and stunning altarpieces from the 15th-century Sienese art.
• Church of San Francesco - A 13th-century Gothic church housing a rare fresco cycle from 1380, illustrating the life events of San Francesco di Assisi.
• Pieve di Corsignano - An ancient rural parish church of early Christian origin, built on an old immersion baptismal font. The main portal features unique pagan decorations from the 9th century AD. Inside, the baptismal font where the Piccolomini family pontiffs, Pius II and Pius III, were baptized, and a crypt can be found.
• Corso il Rossellino - The historic main street of Pienza, named after the architect Bernardo Gambarelli, known as Rossellino, who designed Pienza. It showcases the principal cardinal palaces of the papal city.
• Palazzo Borgia Museo Diocesano - A magnificent museum of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Tuscan painting and sculpture, located within the palace of Cardinal Jouffroy.

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• Private transportation
• Lunch
• In-vehicle air conditioning

Emerging from a ‘dream of affection and a concept of elegance’, Pienza, the paradigmatic city of the Italian Renaissance, continues to be a well-preserved exemplar of a notable architectural undertaking, mandated by Pope Pius II Piccolomini and brought into reality by the accomplished Florentine architect Bernardo Rossellino.

Constructed within a remarkably short period (1459-1462), Pio’s city embodies a unified master blueprint, a reflection of the vision of the esteemed humanist pope who christened it, which incorporates principles of balance and aesthetic excellence that remain evident in the petite urban hub that was previously the Medieval Corsignano.

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