All 50 Uses of
piazza
in
Angels & Demons
- Incredibly, though, not even a citadel of this magnitude could dwarf the piazza before it.†
Chpt 33-34
- In front of the basilica, bordering the vast oval common, 284 columns swept outward in four concentric arcs of diminishing size …. an architectural trompe de l'oiel used to heighten the piazza's sense of grandeur.†
Chpt 33-34
- The rear of the piazza looked like a parking lot crowded with a dozen or so trailer trucks.†
Chpt 33-34
- Those buildings across the piazza?†
Chpt 45-46
- Cars to Piazza della Rotunda, Via delgi Orfani, Piazza Sant'Ignacio, and Sant'Eustachio.†
Chpt 55-56
- Cars to Piazza della Rotunda, Via delgi Orfani, Piazza Sant'Ignacio, and Sant'Eustachio.†
Chpt 55-56
- Langdon felt himself sweating now in his Harris tweed in the backseat of the Alpha Romeo, which was idling in Piazza de la Concorde, three blocks from the Pantheon.†
Chpt 57-58
- We can't see the entrance unless we move into plain view on the piazza.†
Chpt 57-58
- As they rounded the corner into Piazza della Rotunda, the Pantheon rose before them.†
Chpt 59-60
- Vittoria Vetra whipped out her cell phone as she dashed into Piazza della Rotunda.†
Chpt 61-62
- They skidded to a stop on the south side of the Piazza del Popolo just before eight.†
Chpt 63-64
- The piazza was quiet except for the laughter of a handful of locals seated outside the popular Rosati Cafe-a hot spot of the Italian literati.†
Chpt 63-64
- The piazza seemed subtly filled with Illuminati significance.†
Chpt 63-64
- Langdon pointed to the imposing Porta del Popolo-the high stone archway at the far end of the piazza.†
Chpt 63-64
- The vaulted structure had been overlooking the piazza for centuries.†
Chpt 63-64
- Vittoria took a deep breath and scanned the piazza.†
Chpt 63-64
- The Church of Santa Maria del Popolo stood out like a misplaced battleship, askew at the base of a hill on the southeast corner of the piazza.†
Chpt 63-64
- "Piazza del Popolo," Glick insisted.†
Chpt 65-66
- Gunther Glick and Chinita Macri sat parked in the BBC van in the shadows at the far end of Piazza del Popolo.†
Chpt 69-70
- Now, across the piazza, men moved in and out of the church.†
Chpt 69-70
- Robert Langdon dashed down the stairs outside the church and into the middle of the piazza.†
Chpt 69-70 *
- Langdon looked out at the piazza again.†
Chpt 69-70
- Olivetti pointed to Piazza del Popolo and traced a straight line exactly southwest.†
Chpt 71-72
- The path intersected the Margherita Bridge, Via Cola di Riezo, and passed through Piazza del Risorgimento, hitting no churches at all until it dead-ended abruptly at the center of St. Peter's Square.†
Chpt 71-72
- Langdon looked out at the monolith in the piazza in front of them.†
Chpt 71-72
- The only reason I know about it is because I'm usually on piazza duty.†
Chpt 71-72
- As the caravan of Alpha Romeos tore out of Piazza del Popolo, everyone was in too much of a hurry to notice the BBC van pulling out behind them.†
Chpt 71-72
- He tailed the Alpha Romeos through a hard left swerve around Piazza Risorgimento.†
Chpt 73-74
- They split up and spread out along the piazza perimeter, quietly unloading men at select points.†
Chpt 73-74
- The springtime sun was setting behind St. Peter's Basilica, and a massive shadow spread, engulfing the piazza.†
Chpt 73-74
- As they crossed the open expanse of St. Peter's Square, Langdon sensed Bernini's sprawling piazza having the exact effect the artist had been commissioned to create-that of "humbling all those who entered."†
Chpt 73-74
- Langdon nodded, arching left across the piazza.†
Chpt 73-74
- In the center of the piazza rose Caligula's 350-ton Egyptian obelisk.†
Chpt 73-74
- Art historians knew the fountains marked the exact geometric focal points of Bernini's elliptical piazza, but it was an architectural oddity Langdon had never really considered until today.†
Chpt 73-74
- The same army, he knew, had now fanned out and surrounded this piazza.†
Chpt 73-74
- He looked out at the other media vans in the distance and watched Macri tailing the mysterious couple across the piazza.†
Chpt 73-74
- Through the scattered tourists, the white marble ellipse of Bernini's West Ponente stood out against the gray granite cubes that made up the rest of the piazza.†
Chpt 73-74
- Tourists wandered, nuns chatted along the perimeter of the piazza, a girl fed pigeons at the base of the obelisk.†
Chpt 73-74
- The first two markers had been located on or near piazzas that contained obelisks!†
Chpt 79-80
- "The church is on Piazza Barberini," Olivetti said, killing the siren and checking his watch.†
Chpt 87-88
- Piazza Barberini.†
Chpt 87-88
- The piazza was the sight of a controversial subway stop.†
Chpt 87-88
- Twenty years ago, construction of the subway terminal had created a stir among art historians who feared digging beneath Piazza Barberini might topple the multiton obelisk that stood in the center.†
Chpt 87-88
- In Bernini's day, Langdon now realized, Piazza Barberini had contained an obelisk!†
Chpt 87-88
- A block from the piazza, Olivetti turned into an alley, gunned the car halfway down, and skidded to a stop.†
Chpt 87-88
- I want you across the piazza, out of sight, watching the front entrance.†
Chpt 87-88
- The piazza is that way.†
Chpt 87-88
- The piazza had exploded into a frenzy of aggression.†
Chpt 89-90
- Langdon and Vittoria observed Piazza Barberini from the shadows of a small alleyway on the western corner.†
Chpt 89-90
- As he scanned the piazza and waited, Langdon realized that despite the encroachment of modern buildings, the piazza still looked remarkably elliptical.†
Chpt 89-90
Definition:
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(piazza) architecture: Italian term for a plaza (large open square created or defined by several buildings forming a perimeter enclosure)