piazzas
Open public spaces
Piazzas is the plural of piazza, an Italian word for a public square or open space in a town, especially one surrounded by buildings: The café overlooked the piazza.
In American English, particularly in the South, piazza also means a covered porch or veranda: We sat on the piazza watching the storm roll in.
Water-spouting structure
- statuesThree-dimensional sculpted likenesses
- benchesMulti-person seats or sidelines
- marketVenue for trade
- festivalOrganized public celebration
congregation · tourists · buskers · vendors · performance · celebration · parade · demonstration
Covered passages or gaming halls
- colonnadesRows of supporting columns
- porticoesColumned roofs at entrances
- loggiaRoofed open-air gallery
- balustradesRows of posts supporting rails
columns · facade · arches · cobblestones · masonry · pediments · cornices · pilasters
Italy's capital city
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
- MilanLombardy's capital city
- NaplesMediterranean port city
Siena · Bologna · Verona · Turin · Genoa · Palermo · Padua · Ferrara
Enclosed open-air space
- squareRhombus with right angles
- esplanadePaved waterfront walking area
- quadrangleFour-sided figure or courtyard
- terracePaved outdoor extension
promenade · open-air · patio · commons · amphitheater · arena · central · surrounded
fountain
Water-spouting structure
- statuesThree-dimensional sculpted likenesses
- benchesMulti-person seats or sidelines
- marketVenue for trade
festival · congregation · tourists · buskers · vendors · performance · celebration · parade · demonstration · rally
arcades
Covered passages or gaming halls
- colonnadesRows of supporting columns
- porticoesColumned roofs at entrances
- loggiaRoofed open-air gallery
balustrades · columns · facade · arches · cobblestones · masonry · pediments · cornices · pilasters · symmetry
Rome
Italy's capital city
Naples · Siena · Bologna · Verona · Turin · Genoa · Palermo · Padua · Ferrara · Tuscany
courtyard
Enclosed open-air space
- squareRhombus with right angles
- esplanadePaved waterfront walking area
- quadrangleFour-sided figure or courtyard
terrace · promenade · open-air · patio · commons · amphitheater · arena · central · surrounded · enclosed
- ItalyRome, Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples
- European sceneryAlps, Colosseum, Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Parthenon
- European travelParis, Eiffel Tower, Rome, Big Ben, London
- RomeColosseum, Vatican, Trevi Fountain, Roman Forum, Spanish Steps
- Baroque ItalyVenice, Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan
- Italian ArchitectureColosseum, Pantheon, Roman arches, Roman temples, Roman amphitheaters
piazzasback alleys
Narrow urban passages
parking lots · highways · motorways · restricted zones · gated communities
piazzaswilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
forests · meadows · fields · countryside · wasteland