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ID: 7006322
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006322
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Pienza (inhabited place)  Pienza (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 04 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.0667  decimal degrees
Long: 011 41 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 11.6833  decimal degrees

Note: Town planning was sponsored by Pius II (of Piccolomini family); was created as a haven for Humanist culture; architect Bernardo Rossellino designed the urban plan that included a cathedral, episcopal palace, town hall & the Piccolomini palace; historic core named an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Names:
Pienza (preferred,C,V)  ............ named after Pope Pius II in 1459
Corsignano (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tuscany (region (administrative division))  ............  Tuscany (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861
Hierarchy of Siena (province)  ................  Siena (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Pienza (inhabited place)  ....................  Pienza (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a medieval fortification, was greatly expanded in the 15th cen.
town (C)
World Heritage Site (C)  ............  from 1996

Sources and Contributors:
Corsignano..........  [VP]
.......................  TCI: Toscana (1984) 588 ff.
Pienza..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  TCI: Toscana (1984) 589 ff.
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -124713
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  TCI: Toscana (1984) 588 ff.; 589 ff.
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 20 July 2010
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 20 July 2010

 

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