Piazza del Popolo

Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in . The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars after which the church of , in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its name.
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  • Type: Pedestrian zone
  • Description: square in Rome, Italy
  • Also known as: “piazza del Popolo”, “Plaza de Santa María del Popolo”, “Porta del Popolo”, “П’яцца дэль Папола”, “Пьяцца дель Пополо”, “จัตุรัสโปโปโล”, “ポーポロ広場”, and “罗马人民广场”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Flaminio Obelisk and Santa Maria del Popolo.

The is one of the thirteen ancient…

Church
Photo: Karelj, Public domain.
The Parish Basilica of …

City gate
The , or Porta Flaminia…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Rome and North Centre.

is the historic medieval and renaissance center of .

Photo: shht, CC BY 2.0.
North Central is a district that covers the areas…

Locality
The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late…

Piazza del Popolo

Latitude
41.91069° or 41° 54′ 39″ north
Longitude
12.47636° or 12° 28′ 35″ east
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Named after
Open location code
8FHJWF6G+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Piazza del Popolo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بياتزا ديل بوبولو”
  • Armenian: “Պիացցա դել Պոպոլո”
  • Basque: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Belarusian: “П’яцца-дэль-Папола”
  • Belarusian: “П’яцца-дэль-Попала”
  • Catalan: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Chinese: “人民广场”
  • Chinese: “人民廣場”
  • Czech: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Danish: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Dutch: “piazza del Popolo”
  • Dutch: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بياتزا ديل بوبولو”
  • Esperanto: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Finnish: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • French: “piazza del Popolo”
  • French: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Galician: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Georgian: “პიაცა დელ-პოპოლო”
  • German: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Greek: “Πιάτσα ντελ Πόπολο”
  • Hebrew: “פיאצה דל פופולו”
  • Hungarian: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Italian: “piazza del Popolo”
  • Italian: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Japanese: “ポポロ広場”
  • Korean: “포폴로 광장”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “piazza del Popolo”
  • Norwegian: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Persian: “میدان پوپولو”
  • Polish: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Portuguese: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Russian: “Пьяцца-дель-Пополо”
  • Serbian: “Пјаца дел Пополо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Slovak: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Slovenian: “piazza del Popolo”
  • Spanish: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Swedish: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Tagalog: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Thai: “ปีอัซซาเดลโปโปโล”
  • Turkish: “Piazza del Popolo”
  • Turkish: “Popolo Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “П’яцца дель Пополо”
  • Ukrainian: “П’яцца-дель-Пополо”
  • Urdu: “پیاتزا دل پوپولو”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Prati and Della Vittoria.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Taxi Popolo 060609 and Canova.

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