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Pienza
Pienza | |
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| Comune di Pienza | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Pienza  | |
  Pienza Location of Pienza in Italy  Pienza Pienza (Tuscany) | |
| Coordinates: 43°04′43″N 11°40′44″E / 43.07861°N 11.67889°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Province | Siena (SI) |
| Frazioni | Cosona, La Foce, Monticchiello, Palazzo Massaini, Spadaletto |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Manolo Garosi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 122.96 km2 (47.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 491 m (1,611 ft) |
| Population (28 February 2017)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,091 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Pientini |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 53026 |
| Dialing code | 0578 |
| Patron saint | St. Andrew the Apostle |
| Saint day | November 30 |
| Website | Official website |
| Official name | Historic Centre of the City of Pienza |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv) |
| Reference | 789 |
| Inscription | 1996 (20th Session) |
| Area | 4.41 ha (10.9 acres) |
Pienza, a town (it: commune) in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism."[3]
In 1996, UNESCO put the town his list as a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the all valley, the Val d'Orcia, was put on the list of UNESCO's World Cultural Landscapes.
- ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ Nicholas Adams, "The Acquisition of Pienza 1459-1464" The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 44.2 (May 1985), pp. 99-110. Adams details the piecemeal acquisition of parcels of land by Pius II.
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