Saturday, June 16, 2007

81. Pienza

Next stop was Pienza, a small town made disproportionately famous by Pope Pius II, who was born here when it was called Corsignano. In 1460, he decreed that he would remake the village as a world capital of art, and also renamed it after himself. He only made it through redesigning the main piazza, so now it's a quiet little village with a regal piazza and not much else.

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