Piazza della Rotonda Piazza della Rotonda The Piazza della Rotonda is a piazza (city square) in Rome, Italy, on the south side of which is located the Pantheon. The square gets its name from the Pantheon's informal title as the church of "Santa Maria Rotonda". Although the Pantheon has stood from antiquity, the area in front of it had over the centuries become choked with a maze of sheds and small shops that had grown up around its columns. These medieval accretions were cleared by order of Pope Eugenius IV (1431–39) and the piazza was laid out and paved. It took its name
Piazza Cordusio Piazza Cordusio Piazza Cordusio (also informally referred to as Piazzale Cordusio) is a square in central Milan, Italy. The "piazza" takes its name from the "Cors Ducis" (Ducal court) which was found in the square during Longobard times. It is well known for its several turn-of-the-19th-century Neoclassical, eclectic and Art Nouveau buildings, banks and post offices. Even though many of these have now relocated elsewhere, it is still an important commercial square in the city and hosts the "Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali" (Palace of the Assicurazioni Generali), the "Palazzo del Credito Italiano" (Palace of the Credito Italiano) and the "Palazzo