Day Trip to Pienza

Trip Start Oct 01, 2009

Trip End Oct 15, 2009

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Flag of Italy Pienza, Tuscany, Italy
Saturday, October 10, 2009

Silvio Piccolomini, who became Pope Pius II, was born here in the 15th century and strived to turn it into the ideal Renaissance town. It was built on top of the medieval castle of Corsignano, which marked the border between the possessions of Siena, Florence and Orvieto. It has been designated as part of the "world-wide heritage of humanity by UNESCO.

The cathedral, Cattedrale dell'Assunta, houses panel paintings by the most renowned Sienese artists of the period.

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Pienza - The problem with Hill Towns - Hills	"Open" Says Me	Winding, Skinny Roads	Hill Top View
Now that is a View!	Tuscany Countryside	Not Another Church!	Archway Entrance to Plaza
Archway Entrance to Plaza	Cattedrale dell'Assunta	Another Lovely View!	Pienza Stone Walls and Architecture
Pienza Peekaboo	Loved the Doors	Loved the Windows	Pienza Poser
Lovely Doors	More Lovely Doors	Walkways of Pienza	Residential Courtyard
We could stand living here	TIght Quarters	Window Dressings	Leaving Pienza