It was in this Tuscan town that Renaissance town-planning concepts were first put into practice after Pope Pius II decided, in 1459, to transform the look of his birthplace. He chose the architect Bernardo Rossellino, who applied the principles of his mentor, Leon Battista Alberti. This new vision of urban space was realized in the superb square known as Piazza Pio II and the buildings around it: the Piccolomini Palace, the Borgia Palace and the cathedral with its pure Renaissance exterior and an interior in the late Gothic style of south German churches.
Assinar:
Postar comentários (Atom)
-
This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th centuri...
-
Situated at 2,000 m in the Andes, 60 km to the east of Rancagua, in an environment marked by extremes of climate, Sewell Mining Town was ...
-
The monumental complex at Caserta, created by the Bourbon king Charles III in the mid-18th century to rival Versailles and the Royal P...
Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea | Greenland / Denmark
Located inside the Arctic Circle in the central part of West Greenland, the property contains the remains of 4,200 years of human history. I...
Nenhum comentário:
Postar um comentário