piazza del Popolo

square in Rome, Italy

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It sits within the topics 1822 establishments in Italy, 1822 establishments in the Papal States and 19th-century architecture in Italy.

Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Location: Rome , Italy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: square
Country: Italy
Located in: Municipio I
Designed by: Giuseppe Valadier
Image: PIAZZA DEL POPOLO VISTA AEREA.jpg
Connects with: Via di Ripetta

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different from: piazza del Popolo
Commons category: Piazza del Popolo (Rome)
inception: 1818-00-00
native label: Piazza del Popolo
Commons gallery: Piazza del Popolo (Rome)
IIIF manifest URL: gn.biblhertz.it/fotothek/api/iiif/3/werk/obj08047288/manifest

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Encyclopedic overview

Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars (populus in Latin, pioppo in Italian) after which the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its name.

The piazza lies inside the northern gate in the Aurelian Walls, once the Porta Flaminia of ancient Rome, and now called the Porta del Popolo. This was the starting point of the Via Flaminia, the road to Ariminum (modern-day Rimini) and the most important route to the north. At the same time, before the age of railroads, it was the traveller's first view of Rome upon arrival. For centuries, the Piazza del Popolo was a place for public executions, the last of which took place in 1826.

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