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  2. Palazzo style architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Italian architect Aldo Rossi has designed a number of Palazzo style buildings, including Hotel Il Palazzo in Fukuoka, Japan, (1989) which combines elements of a typical palazzo facade, including projecting cornice, with the intense red found in Japanese traditional architecture, and the green of patinated bronze. [9]

  3. Town square - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Italian architecture - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Piazza della Loggia - Wikipedia

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    After clearing the space previously occupied by alleys and hovels, the city authorities proceeded by endowing the square with new buildings, [10] among which a loggia, modeled after other Italian cities, would be primary in importance. [8] A first loggia structure was erected in 1436, based on the design of the ducal architect Niccolò Lupo.

  6. Piazza San Marco - Wikipedia

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    Piazza San Marco (Italian ... Little is known about Tirali's reasoning for the particulars of the design. Some have speculated that the pattern was used to regulate ...

  7. Inside walls and up stairs, Miami tried to imitate Italy ...

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    Nearly 40 years ago, Miami-Dade County opened a downtown cultural arts complex. It looked like Italy. Mediterranean flourishes. An open plaza. Eventually the place was home to an art museum, a ...

  8. Giotto's Campanile - Wikipedia

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    Giotto's bell tower seen from the top of the Duomo. View from the tower. Giotto's Campanile (/ ˌ k æ m p ə ˈ n iː l i,-l eɪ /, also US: / ˌ k ɑː m-/, Italian: [kampaˈniːle]) is a free-standing campanile (bell tower) that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy.

  9. Fountains of St. Peter's Square - Wikipedia

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    The Fountains of St. Peter's Square (Italian: Fontane di Piazza San Pietro) are two fountains in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, created by Carlo Maderno (1612–1614) and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1667–1677) to ornament the square in front of St. Peter's Basilica. The older fountain, by Maderno, is on the north side of the square.