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Photographer’s Note

Pienza, a town and commune in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism."[1]
In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the entire valley, the Val d'Orcia, was included on the list of UNESCO's World Cultural Landscapes.
Pienza was rebuilt from a village called Corsignano, which was the birthplace (1405) of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Italian: Enea Silvio Piccolomini), a Renaissance humanist born into an exiled Sienese family, who later became Pope Pius II. Once he became Pope, Piccolomini had the entire village rebuilt as an ideal Renaissance town. Intended as a retreat from Rome, it represents the first application of humanist urban planning concepts, creating an impetus for planning that was adopted in other Italian towns and cities and eventually spread to other European centers.
The rebuilding was done by Florentine architect Bernardo Gambarelli (known as Bernardo Rossellino) who may have worked with the humanist and architect Leon Battista Alberti, though there are no documents to prove it for sure. Alberti was in the employ of the Papal Curia at the time and served as an advisor to Pius. Construction started about 1459. Pope Pius II consecrated the Duomo on August 29, 1462, during his long summer visit. His included a detailed description of the structures in his Commentaries, written during the last two years of his life.

npecanhuk, ymrk, snunney, ChrisJ, buscape, bobocortis, Cricri, Fransx, paura has marked this note useful

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npecanhuk (13623) 2009-05-23 2:49

Ciao Silvio!
Un'altra bellissima imagine!
Sharpness and exposure are excellent! The pov was very well chosen and the composition was nicely done! Maybe, I'd try to include more of that bike on the right! Just a hint! The architecture is magnificent and really wins my heart!
TFS - congratulations!
Arrivederci,
Neyvan

ymrk (8603) 2009-05-23 2:51

Ciao Master!
Beautiful architectural details and sunlight in here...You could taked on left...Because,if tire's didn't see...
But,very great work!
Take care my friend!

Yağmur

aadilj (17950) 2009-05-23 3:02

Hi Silvio, this is a nicely and enatly handled scene with beautiful tones, textures and hues. The scene is nicely nuanced

snunney (34610) 2009-05-23 3:10

Hello Silvio,
A fine composition of this beautiful church with its lovely warm toned stonework. I like the point of view looking across the square and the presence of the bicycle wheel in the foreground.

ChrisJ (70019) 2009-05-23 4:41

Ciao Silvio

Good choice of a vertical format with excellent sharpness & shadow detail on the imposing religious structure. Superb sharpness & the people add scale. Have a great weekend!

buscape (3583) 2009-05-23 5:03

Hello Sivio,
very good shot of this fine architecture with good sharpness and many details. Great management of light and well chosen POV with good use of vertical format. I like it.
Best wishes,
Helmut

cobra112 (11350) 2009-05-23 5:05

Ricordo questa piazza per una gita fatta alle scuole medie. Avevo 14 anni. Mah!......passiamo oltre. Non è uno schiaccicollo ma resta un bel POV con la firma di un grande giocata sulla luce. Eccellente DOf e gran dettagalio sui fregi del pozzo.

Roberto

peppe59 (1855) 2009-05-23 5:43

Ciao Silvio, mi fai girare la testa, la e qua, calmati sei una fonte inesauribile !!!Cosa dire della foto..bella, ma il nostro barocco non nulla da invidiare.
saluti
Giuseppe

bobocortis (14140) 2009-05-23 7:04

Ciao Silvio.
Oggi ti faccio una critica alla Silvio.
Bella questa chiesa, mi piacerebbe un giorno visitarla, bravo, ciao, Bobo.
:-D
(la verità è che non sapevo cosa scrivere di mio, dunque ti ho "clonato" lo stile, so che capirai)

Cricri (43030) 2009-05-23 10:18

Ciao Silvio
Très belle architecture d'Italie, très belle lumière et détails bien préçis, une belle composition
Friendship
cricri

Fransx (1453) 2009-05-23 12:11

Hello Silvio,
Beautiful architecture of this church of Pienza and the fountain with fantastic details well depicted by the sharp focusing.
Lighting is marvellous.
If I were to comment I wish to see the whole bike on the right and I would hide the camera carrying bag!
Anyway a small joke!
A nice presentation!
Regards,

Francis Xavier

ciakgiak (10496) 2009-05-23 13:48

Ciao Silvio,
Stupenda la facciata di questa chiesa, a Pienza ci sono stato e mi è rimasta nel cuore per la sua incredibile bellezza.
Avrei evitato l'inserimento dell'elemento a dx perchè troppo vicino al margine e quindi evidentemente storto.
Ottimi i dettagli e la luce.
Un caro abbraccio.
Giorgio

AKITA (5238) 2009-05-23 17:49

dear Silvio,
a tasteful stone wall with excellent arches and columns,
old churches show us various styles of old beautiful architectures, and these columns look like Corinthian.
but round arches and whole building look Romanesque architecture.
anyway, rebuilding was nice to show us great figure of it, and your captiring using shadow expresses its atmosphere very well.
thank you,
Akihisa

emka (21179) 2009-05-23 23:41

Ciao Silvio,

Wonderful view of this papal Church. Beauiful well. I see on the right such a round thing - what is it, I saw often something like this. Was it used for horses?

Ciao Malgorzata

Nicou (44491) 2009-05-24 1:58

Hello silvio,

superbe cadrage sur cette église, de toute beuaté la belle facade un peu rosée avec ces détails architecturaux, un cadrage parfait, une merveille.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

paura (38266) 2009-05-24 5:23

Silvio,
Lindo enquadramento fotográfico aqui para mostrar essa portentosa obra antiga. Linda imagem, com eficiente fotometria e execução.

Abraço

PAulo

brandstaetter (13972) 2009-05-24 12:48

Ciao Silvio,
ci siamo quasi incontrati ! Sono arrivato giovedi a Pienza..e appena ritornato a casa.
Una bella impressione che hai catturato, questa piazza mi piace tanto.
Ciao Christian