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Palazzo Piccolomini 1459

Home of Pope Pius II
Mellowing in Italy - Siena, Tuesday 2007 May 8

May 8th 2007
Today a bus took us to Pienze, a hill town about 50 km south of Siena. It was designed by a master architect in the then modern Renaissance style at the behest of Pope Pius IIwhose home town it is. The Tuscan c ... read more
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