What to see · Pienza

A 15th-century fortified farm near Pienza with a square tower, a 1659 cistern, and 1913 restorations.

A 12th-century fortified complex near Pienza, converted into a Sienese agricultural grancia in 1446.

The chapel at Palazzo Massaini once held a 1430s statue of Saint Regulus, now in Pienza's Diocesan Museum.

Former Olivetan monastery near Pienza featuring Renaissance frescoes by Il Sodoma and film sets from The English Patient.

Late 17th-century church in Pienza housing a revered 14th-century Sienese fresco within its Baroque high altar.

A 1634 Augustinian convent in Pienza, later a girls' institute, with a Rustichino altarpiece of the 1620s.

Commissioned by Pope Pius II, Pienza Cathedral combines Renaissance geometry with northern Gothic hall church design.

A 13th-century Gothic church in Monticchiello housing 14th-century Sienese frescoes and a 1340 iron ciborium.

Two future popes were baptized in this Romanesque church outside Pienza, with carved portals and a round tower.

Rebuilt by the Saracini family in 1570 near Monticchiello, this church opens once a year for Corpus Domini.