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:''For the Brazilian footballer, see Wilson da Silva Piazza''
:''For the American baseball player, see Mike Piazza''
:''For the coupé car, see Isuzu Piazza''
A 'piazza' (IPA ) (also pronounced: pe-at-sa) is an open square in a city, found in Italy, and also in some other places on the Dalmatian coast and in surrounding regions. The term is roughly equivalent to the Spanish ''plaza''. In Ethiopia, it is used to refer to a part of a city.
When the Earl of Bedford developed the first privately-ventured public square built in London, Covent Garden, his architect Inigo Jones surrounded it with arcades, in the Italian fashion. Talk about the ''piazza'' was connected in Londoners' minds, not with the square as a whole but with the arcades, which were called the "piazzas".
In Britain ''piazza'' now generally refers to a paved open pedestrian space, without grass or planting, often in front of a significant building or shops.
In the United States, in the early 19th century, a ''piazza'' by further extension became a fanciful name for a colonnaded porch. Yet, the word ''piazza'' was used by some, especially in the Boston area, to refer to a front porch, fanciful or otherwise, connected to a house or apartment.[1]
Piazza is also a common last name for Italians and Italian-Americans. The name grew out of the region surrounding Venice, and large populations of Piazza reside in Calabria, Sicily, and Venice.
1. Boston University, "Boston English"
★ Town square
★ Plaza
★ List of city squares
:''For the American baseball player, see Mike Piazza''
:''For the coupé car, see Isuzu Piazza''
Piazza Navona and the Fontana (fountain) del Moro in central Rome, Italy. The other fountain (in the background, surrounded by scaffolding) is Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi.
A 'piazza' (IPA ) (also pronounced: pe-at-sa) is an open square in a city, found in Italy, and also in some other places on the Dalmatian coast and in surrounding regions. The term is roughly equivalent to the Spanish ''plaza''. In Ethiopia, it is used to refer to a part of a city.
When the Earl of Bedford developed the first privately-ventured public square built in London, Covent Garden, his architect Inigo Jones surrounded it with arcades, in the Italian fashion. Talk about the ''piazza'' was connected in Londoners' minds, not with the square as a whole but with the arcades, which were called the "piazzas".
In Britain ''piazza'' now generally refers to a paved open pedestrian space, without grass or planting, often in front of a significant building or shops.
In the United States, in the early 19th century, a ''piazza'' by further extension became a fanciful name for a colonnaded porch. Yet, the word ''piazza'' was used by some, especially in the Boston area, to refer to a front porch, fanciful or otherwise, connected to a house or apartment.[1]
Piazza is also a common last name for Italians and Italian-Americans. The name grew out of the region surrounding Venice, and large populations of Piazza reside in Calabria, Sicily, and Venice.
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1. Boston University, "Boston English"
See also
★ Town square
★ Plaza
★ List of city squares
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