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Pienza (Italian pronunciation: [piˈɛntsa]) is a town and
comune in the
province of Siena, Tuscany, in the
historical region of Val d'Orcia.
Situated between...
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refurbished his
hometown of
Corsignano (province of Siena) and
renamed it
Pienza,
after himself. A
cathedral and
palaces were
built in the best
style of...
- Rome for Pope
Nicholas V and,
especially for the
rebuilding of the town of
Pienza for Pope Pius II. Part of his
artistic importance also lay in his entrepreneurial...
- the four
central piers of St. Peter's
Basilica in the
Vatican and then in
Pienza, Italy. In
September 1964, Pope Paul VI, as a
gesture of
goodwill toward...
- d'Elsa-Montalcino
since 2019. He was
named Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-
Pienza in July 2022. Pope
Francis raised him to the rank of
cardinal on 28 November...
- and Pope Pius II
worked to
establish ideal cities,
founding Urbino and
Pienza. Pico
della Mirandola wrote the
Oration on the
Dignity of Man, considered...
- a gothic-style,
Roman Catholic church on
Corso Rosellino in the town of
Pienza,
province of Siena,
region of Tuscany, Italy. The
church was
founded in...
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Pienza Cathedral (Italian:
Duomo di
Pienza;
Concattedrale di
Santa Maria ****unta) is a
Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the ****umption of the Virgin...
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hills are
occasionally broken by
gullies and by
towns and
villages such as
Pienza (rebuilt as an "ideal town" in the 15th
century under the
patronage of Pope...
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Piccolomini ("Piccolomini Palace" in English) is a
palace in the
center of
Pienza, Italy, next to the Duomo.
Palazzo Piccolimini is one of the
earliest examples...
