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Piazza del Popolo, Rome

This square was projected by architect Giuseppe Valadier (1762-1839) . He made Piazza del Popolo one of the largest squares in the city and turned the shape into an oval. He retained the Porta del Popolo, the central obelisk and the twin churches flanking Via del Corso, and opened out the space into two semicircles adorned with fountains and allegorical neo-classical statues.