意大利罗马人民广场（意大利语：Piazza del Popolo）

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罗马的人民广场得名于广场东北角圣玛利亚教堂后面的白杨树（拉丁语：populus）。此处的人民门即罗马城墙的弗拉米尼亚门（北门）。北门附近有人民圣母教堂（Santa Maria del Popolo）。人民广场是弗拉米尼亚路的起点，该路通往弗拉米尼亚（今里米尼），是通往北方最重要的道路。在铁路时代以前，此处是旅行者抵达罗马时首先看到的景色。(http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/人民广场_(罗马)
广场中心的埃及方尖碑 is an Egyptian obelisk from Heliopolis. Three sides of the obelisk were carved during the reign of Sety I and the fourth side, under Rameses II. The obelisk, known as the obelisco Flaminio or the Popolo Obelisk, is the second oldest and one of the tallest obelisks in Rome (some 24 m high, or 36 m including its plinth). The obelisk was brought to Rome in 10 BC by order of Augustus and originally set up in the Circus Maximus. It was re-erected here in the piazza by the architect-engineer Domenico Fontana in 1589 as part of the urban plan of Sixtus V. The piazza also formerly contained a central fountain, which was moved to the Piazza Nicosia in 1818, when fountains, in the form of Egyptian-style lions, were added around the base of the obelisk. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_del_Popolo)

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人民广场上有两座极为相似的教堂比邻而立：奇迹圣母堂（Santa Maria dei Miracoli）和圣山圣母堂（Santa Maria in Montesanto）。(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_del_Popolo)