🏛️ Historic Centre of the City of Pienza — Piccolomini Palace
Renaissance palace in Tuscany, Italy, built 1460s
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Pienza, Tuscany, southern Val d'Orcia valley
- Commissioned: 1460s by Pope Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini)
- Architect: Bernardo Rossellino, influenced by Leon Battista Alberti
- UNESCO inscription: 1996
Piccolomini Palace is a Renaissance-era residence in Pienza that embodies the architectural principles of 15th-century Italian humanism and ...