piazza

The heat, the blurry TVs in the piazza, the cheers spilling from apartment buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

The US-born pope drew excited crowds when he arrived in his popemobile at a piazza in Acerra, a city of around 60,000 people.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

Three elements cinched it: The views from the road above were stunning, the piazza charmed, and what would become something of a location star for rapt viewers, “the incredible network of stairs, alleys and passageways.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

As he himself found during COVID-19, sometimes staying home can have marvelous consequences, and I bet he could get that Edmonds piazza dream to come true if he gave it his full attention.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024

Jason and Leo touched down in a big piazza lined with white marble government buildings and outdoor cafés.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Bari Vecchia—or “old” Bari—is a dizzying but inviting warren of white-stone alleyways and sunny piazzas that make up the historic heart of the city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

Some 50 horse-drawn carriages transport the oranges to piazzas throughout the town, where teams gather to pelt each other with oranges.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

Norman Powell celebrated his 30th birthday in May by touring Italy’s Amalfi Coast, posting pictures of himself in piazzas and on private boats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024

Several Italian streets, piazzas and lecture halls are named after him, as is a moon crater near the Mare Humorum.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023

Everywhere he looked, there were wide piazzas and traffic-clogged streets.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Troops were confined to barracks and kept in readiness for any emergency; strong posses of police guarded all strategic points; cavalry bivouacked in many piazze of many towns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Young volunteers rushed about with paintbrushes, paste pots and bills, to plaster Italy's piazze and palazzi, walls and ruins with the confusingly mixed-up slogans and emblems of about 18 different political parties.

From Time Magazine Archive

The life in the piazze and on the streets, the crowds in the shops, the pageants, the lights, the stir, the color, all mightily took the eye of the young Dane.

From A Midnight Fantasy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Sacchetti describes the borghi,-180- contrade, and piazze of Florence; and his speech is seasoned with rare Tuscan salt of wit.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds

The streets and piazze of the city are celebrated for their splendid palaces, formerly, and in many cases even to-day the residences of the noble families of Florence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various