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Piazza Randolfo Pacciardi, better known as Piazza della Palma (lit. ' Square of the Palm tree ' ), is a public square in the historic centre of Grosseto , Tuscany , Italy. Originally named after a palm tree first planted in the 18th century and continuously replanted over time, the square is officially dedicated to Randolfo Pacciardi but ...
Many of these constructions are novelty architecture, including the Sheraton Hotel, designed in the style of the Great Lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt; [5] the Alphabet Tower (145 metres (476 ft) high), celebrating Georgian script and writing; Piazza, a mixed-used development in the form of an Italian piazza; and buildings designed in the style ...
Piazza della Loggia, or more simply Piazza Loggia, also known as Piazza Grande or Piazza Vecchia [1] (Piàsa dela Lògia or Piàsa ècia in Brescian dialect), [2] [3] is one of the Italian city Brescia's main squares, a symbolic place of the Brescian Renaissance and Venetian rule over Brescia. [4]
A piazza (Italian pronunciation:) is a city square in Italy, Malta, along the Dalmatian coast and in surrounding regions. Possibly influenced by the centrality of the Forum (Roman) to ancient Mediterranean culture, the piazze of Italy are central to most towns and cities.
The square in front of the church is called St. Peter and Paul Square (in Italian, Piazza Ss. Pietro e Paolo ). It includes buildings from the 8th century, including the reconstructed town castle (now used as council offices), and the old aristocratic “ Villa Borghi ”, which has become a cloister that houses the town's Salesian nuns order.
Saint George's Square (Maltese: Misraħ San Ġorġ; Pjazza San Ġorġ, Italian: Piazza San Giorgio) is the principal urban square of Valletta, Malta, located in the centre of the city. It is also commonly known as Palace Square (Maltese: Misraħ il-Palazz) as it faces the Grandmaster's Palace.
Piazza Trilussa is an urban square in the neighbourhood Trastevere of Rome. Its name honours the Roman poet Carlo Alberto Salustri , better known by the anagram of his surname, Trilussa. The monumental fountain Fontanone dei Cento Preti dominates the centre of the square, facing the notable Ponte Sisto on the nearby Lungotevere .
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