{"id":2554,"date":"2020-12-06T16:57:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T16:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chianti.info\/chianti\/\/\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2020-12-06T16:57:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T16:57:18","slug":"sights-and-history-of-pienza-in-the-val-dorcia-of-tuscany-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chianti.info\/chianti\/sights-and-history-of-pienza-in-the-val-dorcia-of-tuscany-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Pienza<\/i> in the Val d&#8217;Orcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69df31c503090\" data-id=\"69df31c503090\" data-height=\"10\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"10\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"10\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<i>Pienza<\/i> in the Val d&#8217;Orcia&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;title&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69df31c5030a8\" data-id=\"69df31c5030a8\" data-height=\"10\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"10\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"10\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Sights and history of <i>Pienza<\/i> in the Val d&#8217;Orcia of Tuscany, Italy&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subtitle&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69df31c5030b7\" data-id=\"69df31c5030b7\" data-height=\"10\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"10\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"10\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chianti.info\/chianti\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pienza.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chianti.info\/chianti\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pienza-450x296.jpg\" alt=\"Pienza in the Val d'Orcia of Tuscany, Italy\" width=\"450\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chianti.info\/chianti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pienza-450x296.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.chianti.info\/chianti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pienza-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chianti.info\/chianti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pienza.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A visit to <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a title=\"Pienza\" href=\"https:\/\/tuscany-toscana.blogspot.ch\/2012\/12\/sights-and-attractions-of-val-dorcia-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><b>Pienza<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span> provides unalloyed pleasure to anyone who enjoys Renaissance architecture, italianate gardens, Tuscan food &#8211; particularly pecorino &#8211; and splendid vistas. Pienza shares the unspoiled <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3399ff;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valdorcia-info.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3399ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Val d&#8217;Orcia <\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span> with Montalcino, Montepulciano and San Quirico and owes its wonderfully harmonious town plan to Rossellino (probably working under strong influence of Leon Battista Alberti), thanks to the patronage of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, Pope Pius II, whose home town this is. The back of the <b> Palazzo Piccolomini<\/b> possesses loggias on all three floors that overlook an enclosed <em>giardino all&#8217;italiana<\/em> and enjoy spectacular views onto the Val d&#8217;Orcia. Pienza is rightly famous for its ewes&#8217; milk cheese, pecorino, of which there is a multitude of varieties.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\">Worth an extended visit. More about <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3399ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pienzatourist.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3399ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Pienza<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Pienza in the Val d&#8217;Orcia&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;title&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Sights and history of Pienza in the Val d&#8217;Orcia of Tuscany, Italy&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subtitle&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A visit to Pienza provides unalloyed pleasure to anyone who enjoys Renaissance architecture, italianate gardens, Tuscan food &#8211; particularly pecorino &#8211; and splendid vistas. 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