Tuscany · Pienza · sagra
Cheese Fair of Pienza
Fiera del Cacio
september· verify before attending
On the first Sunday of September Pienza closes its small Renaissance piazza for the Palio del Cacio Fuso — the rolling-cheese contest that gives the fair its name. Local pecorino producers bring fresh aged truffled and ash-rinsed wheels; the cheese-rolling itself is a balance of skill and luck on the cobbles. Piazza Pio II hosts long communal tables and a Sunday market that doubles as a tasting course in Tuscan cheese.
NotePienza is small — book lunch ahead or eat from the stalls. Park outside the walls; the centro storico is closed to non-residents during the fair.
Pienza
89 km from Florence · pop. 1,976
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