Roma Capitale 2

The 1870 breach in the wall of Rome at Porta Pia recreated at the Circus Maximus in commemoration of the sesquicentenary of the Italian armed forces 4 November 2010

Roma Capitale 1870-2010

Commemorating the end of papal control of Rome and the city's status as capital of Italy with the breach in the walls on 20 September 1870 (the site at the Porta Pia here captured by Captain James Douglass Kennedy at 11.40 am 13 March 1891)

Piazzale Porto, Acciaroli: Funeral of Angelo Vassallo 10 September 2010

The funeral, attended by six thousand mourners , of the Mayor of Pollica, Angelo Vassallo assasinated by criminal underworld hitmen. Vassallo was vice-president of the CittaSlow or slow city movement.

Festa in Piazza: The Tree of Wooden Clogs

A scene from Ermanno Olmi's film "L'Albero degli Zoccoli (1978) set in the countryside around Bergamo

Piazza Duomo, Messina 15 August 2007

Messina celebrates Ferragosto, the feast of the Assumptio of the Virgin, with the procession of the 'Vara' and shouts of 'Viva Maria!'

Plätze in Venedig - “Piazze” a Venezia

A summer school exploring the campi of Venice will be taking place between 4-18 September 2010. Information here

Pier Paolo Pasolini: La sequenza del fiore di carta

Pasolini's contribution to the 1969 film anthology Love and Anger Amore e Rabbia begins in Piazza della Repubblica, Rome