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 di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna The Piazza di Porta Ravegnana (originariamente Porta Ravennate) is a city square in the central of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The Piazza, located some four blocks east of the Piazza Maggiore and Cathedral of Bologna, is the site of the Two Towers of Bologna. The Piazza was named for the presence nearby of the ancient Roman Gate that led to the Via Emilia leading to Ravenna. A number of major arteries converge at the Piazza, including the Strada Maggiore, the Via Castiglione, Via Zamboni (leading to the many buildings of the University of Bologna),