Daily Archives: October 22, 2011

Piazza del Polpulo in Rome, Italy

In modern Italian, Piazza del Populo means “People’s Square”, but the name of this popular city square in Rome, Italy, actually derives from the word for the poplar tree. Piazza del Populo was designed between 1811 and 1822 by Giuseppe … Continue reading

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