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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.
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.
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Palazzo Caprini was a Renaissance palazzo in Rome, Italy, in the Borgo rione between Piazza Scossacavalli and via Alessandrina (also named Borgo Nuovo).It was designed by Donato Bramante around 1510, or a few years before.
Martyrs' Square (Italian: Piazza dei Martiri, also known as Campedel) in Belluno, is called the "living room" of the city. [5] The square is just outside the walls of the old city. Some historians claim that shape of the north side of the square was defined by the radius of guns defending the former walls of the city, to the south, which no ...
The Praetorian Palace (Italian: Palazzo Pretorio), also known as Palace of the Eagles (Italian: Palazzo delle Aquile), is a palace of Palermo.The building has an important role in the political life of the city, since it houses the mayor and the offices of the municipality of Palermo.
The facade stands out with its dramatic design and layered niches. In 1627, Richini designed the façade of the Collegio Elvetico (now the seat of Archivio di Stato), using a curved design to connect the interior and exterior. This innovative approach, possibly the first curved Baroque façade, anticipated themes later seen in Borromini's work ...
The Piazza Madonna (Italian - Madonna di Piazza) is a tempera on panel painting, dating to 1474-1486 and held in Pistoia Cathedral. [ 1 ] It was commissioned from Andrea del Verrocchio in 1474 as an altarpiece for the oratory of the Madonna di Piazza (the "Virgin of the Square").