Val d'Orcia ( Italian. Val d'Orcia ) is a cultural landscape in central Italy . UNESCO World Heritage Site . The natural and cultural region of the valley is part of the agricultural area in Tuscany , near the city of Siena . Over the southern part of the valley rises Mount Amiata . Nearby is another monument of world heritage - the town of Pienza .
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| The cultural landscape of Val d'Orcia [* 1] | |
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| Val d'Orcia [* 2] | |
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| A country | Italy |
| Type of | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv, vi |
| Link | 1026 |
| Region [* 3] | Europe and North America |
| Turning on | 2004 (28th session) |
In the XIV-XV centuries, Val-d'Orcia was the object of settlement and cultural development from the city-state of Siena , with the goal of realizing an idealized model of the “aesthetically sustainable landscape”. The striking beauty of the human-developed landscape of Val-d'Orcia, with its flat plains over which hills of almost perfect conical shape rise, inspired many artists, especially representatives of the Siena School . Their paintings, created in the Renaissance , reflect the beauty of this blooming area. [one]
Since 2004, Val d'Orcia has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in Italy .
Notes
- ↑ Val d'Orcia, Advisory Body Evaluation (English) . UNESCO. The appeal date is February 28, 2010. Archived April 18, 2012.
Links
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