Private Guided Tour of Pienza on Foot

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.

A striking example of Renaissance perspective illusionism with an inverted perspective capable of creating an effect of widening the square.

Ancient papal residence dating back to 1462

Renaissance cathedral with rare German Gothic interior and marvelous altarpieces from the Sienese fifteenth century

Thirteenth-century Gothic church with a very rare fresco cycle from 1380 inside, depicting the biographical events of San Francesco di Asssisi.

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.

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.

Amazing museum of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Tuscan painting and sculpture, built inside the palace of Cardinal Jouffroy

• 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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  Pottery workshop: Guided tour of the Linda Bai pottery workshop
  www.ceramichebai.it
  Duration: 20 minutes: Visit to the laboratory located in an ancient mill of the sixteenth century, with a well of the twelfth century and a medieval secret passage.
  Thorough visit of Pienza: Tour to discover the ancient Corsignano until its transformation into Pienza, the Ideal City of the Renaissance.
  Wrought iron workshop: visit to the artisan forging workshop at the Ferro Battuto Biagiotti company in Pienza: www.biagiottipienza.com
  Starting points:
  Piazza Dante Alighieri, 53026 Pienza SI, Italy
  Via Enzo Mangiavacchi, 53026 Pienza SI, Italy

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• This Tour is Provided by Sara Mammana.
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