Pienza: Agriturismo Bonello Pienza - Val D'Orcia
Agriturismo Bonello sits in the rolling farmland of Val d’Orcia in Tuscany, Italy, where broad cultivated slopes and cypress-lined ridges shape one of central Italy’s most recognisable rural settings. The farmhouse lies outside Pienza, the small hill town whose historic centre was reshaped for Pope Pius II in the 15th century as a Renaissance model town. Val d’Orcia is a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape, recognised for the long-standing relationship between farming, settlements and terrain. The open fields around Bonello give this part of Tuscany its spacious, ordered character, while Pienza is closely associated with pecorino cheese produced in the area.
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The landscape around Pienza is a rolling mosaic of cultivated hills in the Val d’Orcia, which has shaped both the town’s hilltop form and its agricultural economy. This small Tuscan centre was transformed in the 15th century by Pope Pius II, who was born here as Enea Silvio Piccolomini and commissioned a Renaissance redesign around the cathedral and Piazza Pio II. Pienza’s historic centre has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. The local Pecorino di Pienza, a sheep’s-milk cheese, remains closely tied to the surrounding pastures. Browse additional webcams from the Val d’Orcia to extend your view of southern Tuscany.
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