Pienza

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Pienza is a small Renaissance hill town in Tuscany, Italy, renowned for its harmonious urban design and production of pecorino cheese.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pienza canonical 16
Historic Centre of Pienza 4
Comune di Pienza 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
town
architecturalStyle Renaissance architecture
areaCode +39 0578
climate Mediterranean climate
country Italy
demonym Pientini
designedBy Bernardo Rossellino
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 491 metres
formerName Corsignano
hasEconomicActivity cheese production
olive oil production
wine-related tourism
hasFestival Fiera del Cacio
hasLandmark Palazzo Borgia
Palazzo Comunale
Palazzo Piccolomini
Piazza Pio II
Pienza Cathedral
hasMayor mayor of Pienza
hasOfficialName Comune di Pienza
linked to: Pienza
hasProtectedStatus historic centre protected by UNESCO
hasReligiousBuilding Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
knownFor Renaissance town planning
cultural tourism
harmonious urban design
pecorino cheese
language Italian
locatedIn Province of Siena
Tuscany
Val d'Orcia
linked to: Val d’Orcia

central Italy
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
mainSquare Piazza Pio II
namedAfter Pope Pius II
nearbyTown Montalcino
Montepulciano
San Quirico d'Orcia
partOf Val d'Orcia, a World Heritage Site
linked to: Val d’Orcia
population approximately 2000 inhabitants
postalCode 53026
regionCapitalDistance about 50 km southeast of Siena
roadConnection connected by regional roads to Siena
UNESCOSiteCriteria (iv)
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatusInscriptionYear 1996
urbanDevelopmentPeriod 15th century
urbanPlanCommissionedBy Pope Pius II

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of Siena contains Pienza
Province of Siena hasHeritageSite Historic Centre of Pienza
linked to: Pienza
Montepulciano locatedNear Pienza
World Heritage Sites in Italy hasSite Historic Centre of Pienza
linked to: Pienza
La Foce nearbyAttraction Pienza
subject linked to: La Foce, Tuscany, Italy
Montalcino locatedNear Pienza
Pienza hasOfficialName Comune di Pienza
linked to: Pienza
Orcia River nearbyUNESCOSite Historic Centre of Pienza
linked to: Pienza
Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini patronage city of Pienza
linked to: Pienza
Piccolomini hasSeat Pienza
San Quirico d’Orcia near Pienza
Corsignano locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Comune of Pienza
linked to: Pienza
Corsignano formerNameOf Pienza
Corsignano replacedBy Pienza
Southern Tuscany contains Pienza
subject linked to: southern Tuscany
Southern Tuscany hasUNESCOSite Historic Centre of Pienza
subject linked to: southern Tuscany
linked to: Pienza