Piazza Navona Piazza Navona Piazza Navona () is a square in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans went there to watch the "agones" ("games"), and hence it was known as ""Circus Agonalis"" ("competition arena"). It is believed that over time the name changed to "in avone" to "navone" and eventually to "navona". Defined as a public space in the last years of 15th century, when the city market was transferred there from the Campidoglio, Piazza
Piazza San Carlo Piazza San Carlo Piazza San Carlo is one of the main city squares in Turin, Italy. It was laid out in the 16th and 17th century and is an example of Baroque style. Its current name is an hommage to Charles Borromeo while the square was previously known as "Piazza Reale", "Piazza d'Armi", and "Place Napoleon". The equestrian statue of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, by Carlo Marochetti (1838), is located at the center of the square, that is surrounded by "porticos" designed by Carlo di Castellamonte around 1638. The twin churches of Santa Cristina and San Carlo Borromeo close