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Private Guided Tour of Pienza on Foot
$248.03
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Overview
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.
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.
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Pienza
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
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
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
- Other
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Lunch
- Private transportation
Meeting point
Tourist bus loading / unloading stop
Meeting place: Porta al Murello- Pienza
Return details
The tour will end in different locations depending on the client's needs
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Piazza Pio IIA striking example of Renaissance perspective illusionism with an inverted perspective capable of creating an effect of widening the square.
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Palazzo PiccolominiAncient papal residence dating back to 1462
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Il Duomo di PienzaRenaissance cathedral with rare German Gothic interior and marvelous altarpieces from the Sienese fifteenth century
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Church of San FrancescoThirteenth-century Gothic church with a very rare fresco cycle from 1380 inside, depicting the biographical events of San Francesco di Asssisi.
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Pieve di CorsignanoAncient 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.
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Corso il RossellinoAncient 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.
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Palazzo Borgia Museo DiocesanoAmazing museum of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Tuscan painting and sculpture, built inside the palace of Cardinal Jouffroy
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Private Guided Tour of Pienza on Foot
$248.03
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!