A Blog detailing the beauty of St. Louis architecture and the buildup of residue-or character-that accumulates over the course of time.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, Italy
Built during the Napoleonic occupation of Naples, the Piazza del Plesbiscito represents what can and can't be a great public space.Only a few years ago the plaza was filled with parked cars, but a redevelopment plan returned the area to a pedestrian zone.Nonetheless, the huge size of the plaza can be daunting, and a bit intimidating. Certainly that was the original intent, as its builders wished to frame the front of the Royal Palace on the far side of the plaza.But when I returned to the plaza on Sunday, after photographing it on Tuesday, it was filled with people, spilling out from the nearby Spanish Quarter and the Via Toledo. Such a large public space only works because of the density of the nearby neighborhoods. Otherwise, I am afraid even a huge crowd could be swallowed up in its expanse.
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