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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Historic Centre of Pienza | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Renaissance architecture ⓘ |
| areaCode | +39 0578 ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| demonym | Pientini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Bernardo Rossellino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 491 metres ⓘ |
| formerName | Corsignano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
cheese production
ⓘ
olive oil production ⓘ wine-related tourism ⓘ |
| hasFestival | Fiera del Cacio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Palazzo Borgia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palazzo Comunale NERFINISHED ⓘ Palazzo Piccolomini NERFINISHED ⓘ Piazza Pio II NERFINISHED ⓘ Pienza Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMayor | mayor of Pienza ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Comune di Pienza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtectedStatus | historic centre protected by UNESCO ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Renaissance town planning
ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ harmonious urban design ⓘ pecorino cheese ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Province of Siena
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ Val d'Orcia NERFINISHED ⓘ central Italy ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| mainSquare | Piazza Pio II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pope Pius II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyTown |
Montalcino
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montepulciano NERFINISHED ⓘ San Quirico d'Orcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Val d'Orcia, a World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Historic Centre of Pienza