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Description: Piazza del Duomo (now Piazza Pio II)

TitlePiazza del Duomo (now Piazza Pio II)

Creator nameRossellino, Bernardo

Creator name (description)Photograph by Fabrizio Nevola

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. 1462

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsUnknown

LocationPienza, Italy

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsArchitecture, Renaissance--ItalyPlazasArchitecture--Italy--Tuscany

Statuswith the cathedral (left) and the Palazzo Piccolomini (right)

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Chapter 1. Planned Streets and Urban Renewal in Renaissance Italy

Fabrizio Nevola

Street Life in Renaissance Italy

Antonio Averlino, known as ‘il Filarete’, wrote the Trattato di architettura (c.1460–64) in the form of a dialogue between an architect and his patron – prince, addressing it...

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Fabrizio Nevola

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.29-65

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00290.1

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22181&redirecttoanchor=74810

Chapter subject tags:Architecture, Renaissance--ItalyUrban ecology (Sociology)City planning--Italy--HistoryAlberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472Public spaces--ItalyUrban renewal--ItalyCity and town life--ItalyPictorial maps, Renaissance

4. Pius II Piccolomini and Architectural Patronage in Siena: Papal Power and Family Identity

Fabrizio Nevola

Siena: Constructing the Renaissance City

In 1452, the Holy Roman Emperor elect, Frederick III, entered Siena and made a prolonged stay in the city as he awaited the arrival of his betrothed, Eleonora of Portugal, and for preparations for his coronation in Rome by Pope Nicholas v...

Author

Fabrizio Nevola

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.59-89

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00112.008

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19424&redirecttoanchor=74810

Chapter subject tags:Siena (Italy)--HistoryPius II, Pope, 1405-1464Art patronage--ItalyPapacy--HistoryArchitecture--Political aspects--ItalyCeremonial entriesArchitecture, Renaissance--ItalyCity planning--Italy

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