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Pienza - a Town at the Top

BBC Radio 3
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Soon after his election in 1458 as Pope Pius II, Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini decided to convert his obscure native village some 30 miles south of Siena into a fitting monument to himseif and to rename it Pienza.
PETER MURRAY tells the story of Pius' new city which has remained nearly unchanged until today. (San Biagio: 22 December)

Source: Radio Times

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