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piazzaOpen square or marketplace, surrounded by buildings, in an Italian town or city. It was equivalent to the plaza of Spanish-speaking countries. The term became more widely used in the 16th–18th century, denoting any large open space with buildings around it. In 17th–18th-century Britain, long covered walks or galleries with roofs supported by columns were called piazzas; in the U.S. in the 19th century, piazza was another name for a veranda formed by projecting eaves. piazza 1. a large open square in an Italian town 2. Chiefly Brit a covered passageway or gallery How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The huge peace demonstrations that have flooded the piazze of Italy since the invasion of Iraq have not been composed entirely, or even principally, of rainbow-scarf-wearing America-bashers, although Berlusconi's media cheerleaders have pretended that they have. The first six chapters examine Palazzo Quirinale, the Popolo, San Pietro and San Marco piazze, Via del Corso, and the search for a Chigi family palace, while the seventh chapter, Roma Alessandrina, summarizes the book and makes meaningful connections between projects examined previously. The judicial records give a sense of the ebb and flow of the streets and piazze and are full of independent women who bash thieves over the head, serve drink after hours or peddle fruit and insult each other in the market. |
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