
Today I want to flag an especially interesting initiative promoting appreciation of Pienza and its beautiful countryside, for scholars , visitors and a wider public: the non-profit Centro Studi Pientini. On its site you will find notices of activities, an excellent bibliographic 'Guida alle Guide di Pienza', a growing number of publications on-line, regular access to the local 'Bollettino Parrocchiale', and the first issue of the Centro's own serial publication 'Canonica'. Congratulations and thanks to the very knowledgeable, all-volunteer founders of Centro Studi Pientini, Umberto Bindi its co-ordinator and Aldo Lo Presti, Alfiero Petreni, Fausto Formichi, Francesco Dondoli, and Giancarlo Bastreghi !!