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The Piazza d'Italia is an urban public plaza located behind the American Italian Cultural Center at Lafayette and Commerce Streets in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. It is controlled by the New Orleans Building Corporation (NOBC), a public benefit corporation wholly owned by the City of New Orleans.
The architecture with a sober compositional order is scanned by two orders of ledges and three of windows. On the noble floor curved gables alternate with triangular ones in travertine. The palace is adorned with 2 large portals, one opens on Corso Vannucci, the other on Piazza Italia. Both present 2 columns in travertine surmounted by a balcony.
Piazza Italia or Piazza d'Italia may refer to: Piazza Italia, Naples; Piazza Italia, Reggio Calabria; Piazza d'Italia, Sassari; Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans;
Unveiled in 1978 and designed by post-modern architect Charles Moore and Perez Architects of the city, Piazza D'Italia had a few rough years but bounced back with a restoration with results ...
This was one of the most fruitful and creative periods in Italian architecture, when several masterpieces such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Piazza dei Miracoli and the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan were built. The style was called "Roman"-esque because of its usage of the Roman arches, stained glass windows, and also its curved columns ...
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Italian architecture is heavily influenced from the Classical ideals of ancient Greek and ancient Roman civilizations. [2] early 15th century - The Renaissance architectural revolution masterpiece, Florence Cathedral. Completed in 1436, it challenged the ideals of architecture and engineering, especially Brunelleschi's dome. [2]