Pienza

	PIENZA Country : Italy Region : Toscana Province : Siena Additions: 1778 (?) Monticchiello Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":43.0758000000000009777068044058978557586669921875,"lon":11.6788000000000007361222742474637925624847412109375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Italian	Di rosso, al leone d’oro coronato dello stesso, tenente una fronda di verde, al crescente di luna d’oro nel cantone destro del capo. Ornamenti esteriori di città.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The name of this city was "Corsignano", but in the 15^th century it was changed in "Pienza" by Pope Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini), who was born in this city and rebuilt it. The arms shows a lion (for the bravery of the city in communal wars) and the crescent-moon (symbol of the Piccolomini family).

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The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in 1864

Literature: : Image from http://www.araldicacivica.it

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