ITALY

TUSCAN COUNTRYSIDE

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The Tuscan countryside has long been one of Italy's most picturesque places.

A pastoral landscape with endless waves of green gently rolling to the horizon.

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val d'Orcia

A UNESCO-inscribed agricultural hinterland just south of Siena.

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It retains much of its Renaissance layout, comprising a network of farms, woodlands, churches, and old towns nestled among soothing green hills.

A Renaissance utopia where nature blends with human activities.

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pienza

Pieza is the first "ideal city" - a humanist concept developed during the Renaissance.

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 A symmetric, well-balanced urban planning built around the needs of its inhabitants.

The town's heart is a central square from which the urban tissue, such as streets, houses, and communal facilities, radiates.

Corso Rosselino - the main street of Pienza.

Pienza and the  Rolling Hills of Tuscany

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