Pienza – the model of the Renaissance town in the heart of Tuscany, Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Pienza is a lovely town, whose small chamber center had been almost totally rebuilt by Pope Pius II. in 15th century. In 1405 in Corsignanu, as Pienza was called at that time, […]
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Jindřichův Hradec is one of the Czech Republic’s most enchanting small towns — a harmonious blend of Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture in southern Bohemia, dominated by one of the largest castle complexes in the country and the world’s first narrow-gauge railway. Located roughly halfway between Prague and Český Krumlov, this often-overlooked town on the […]
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