Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta
AttractionVal d'OrciaAbout 45 minutes
The small chapel on a rise between San Quirico and Pienza that appears in most photographs of this landscape, with its cypress pair and nothing else for a mile. Seen from the road or reached by a farm track on foot. Sunrise and the hour before sunset are when people come.
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