Plaza

A plaza /ˈplɑːzə/ is an open urban public space, such as a city square.

Throughout Spanish America and the Spanish East Indies, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be incorporated in a wing of a governor's palace, and the audiencia or law court. The plaza might be large enough to serve as a military parade ground. At times of crisis or fiesta, it was the space where a large crowd might gather. Like the Italian piazza, the plaza remains a center of community life that is only equaled by the market-place.

Most colonial cities in Spanish America and the Philippines were planned around a square plaza de armas, where troops could be mustered, as the name implies, surrounded by the governor's palace and the main church. A plaza de toros is a bullring.

In modern usage, a plaza can be any gathering place on a street or between buildings, a street intersection with a statue, etc. Today's metropolitan landscapes often incorporate the "plaza" as a design element, or as an outcome of zoning regulations, building budgetary constraints, and the like. Sociologist William H. Whyte conducted an extensive study of plazas in New York City: his study humanized the way modern urban plazas are conceptualized, and helped usher in significant design changes in the making of plazas.

Plaza (surname)

Plaza is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Aubrey Plaza, American actress and comedian
  • Daniel Plaza, Spanish track-and-field Olympian
  • Galo Plaza, Ecuadorian politician and former President of Ecuador
  • Leónidas Plaza, Ecuadorian politician and former President of Ecuador, and father of Galo Plaza
  • Martin Plaza, Australian musician, also known as Martin Edward Murphy
  • Mélissa Plaza, French football player
  • Ron Plaza, former American Major League Baseball manager
  • Rubén Plaza, Spanish professional road bicyclist
  • Willis Plaza, Trinidadian football player
  • Plaza (disambiguation)

    Plaza is a Spanish word for a city square; it may more specifically refer to:

    People

  • Plaza (surname)
  • Places

  • Płaza, a village in Małopolska, Poland
  • Plaza, North Dakota, a city in Mountrail County
  • Plaza, Venezuela, a municipality in the state of Miranda
  • Plaza Building (disambiguation)
  • Plaza Hotel, New York City; for others see Plaza Hotel (disambiguation)
  • Plaza Theatre (disambiguation)
  • See also

  • Plymouth Plaza an automobile sold in North America during the late 1950s.
  • The Plaza (disambiguation)
  • All pages beginning with "Plaza"
  • All pages with titles containing Plaza
  • Brasília

    Brasília (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɾaˈziljɐ]) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located atop the Brazilian highlands in the country's center-western region. It was founded on April 21, 1960, to serve as the new national capital. Brasília and its metro (encompassing the whole of the Federal District) had a population of 2,556,149 in 2011, making it the 4th most populous city in Brazil. Among major Latin American cities, Brasília has the highest GDP per capita at R$61,915 (US$36,175).

    Brasília was planned and developed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer in 1956 in order to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a more central location. The landscape architect was Roberto Burle Marx. The city's design divides it into numbered blocks as well as sectors for specified activities, such as the Hotel Sector, the Banking Sector and the Embassy Sector. Brasília was chosen as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its modernist architecture and uniquely artistic urban planning.

    Brasilia (disambiguation)

    Brasília is the capital of Brazil.

    Brasilia may also refer to:80

  • 293 Brasilia, Main belt asteroid
  • Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, twin-turboprop commuter airliner, produced by Embraer of Brazil
  • Volkswagen Brasilia, compact car made in Brazil
  • Wésley Brasilia (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
  • Cristiano Pereira de Souza (born 1977, also known as Brasília), Brazilian footballer
  • Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Brasília), racing circuit formerly called Autódromo de Brasília, and still commonly referred to by its previous name
  • 293 Brasilia

    293 Brasilia is a large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on May 20, 1890 in Nice.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Leura Observatory in Leura, Australia during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 8.173 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.03 in magnitude.

    References

    External links

  • 293 Brasilia at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters

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    Anadolu Agency 15 Nov 2024
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    Colorado Springs Gazette 14 Nov 2024
    BRASILIA (Reuters) -A ... The explosions took place around the Plaza of the Three Powers, an iconic square in Brasilia connecting the principal buildings of Brazil's three branches of federal government.
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    West Hawaii Today 14 Nov 2024
    The explosions were heard around the Plaza of the Three Powers, an iconic square in Brasilia connecting the principal buildings of Brazil’s three branches of federal government.
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    New York Post 14 Nov 2024
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    Muskat Daily 14 Nov 2024
    The incident, marked by two loud blasts within a 20-second span, prompted the evacuation of the court in Brasilia’s Three Powers Plaza, where Brazil’s Supreme Court, Congress, and presidential palace are located.
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    The Epoch Times 14 Nov 2024
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    Explosions outside Brazil's Supreme Court leave 1 dead, force justices to evacuate

    North Shore News 14 Nov 2024
    ... forced the justices and staff to evacuate the building in the capital of Brasilia ... The blasts took place in Brasilia's Three Powers Plaza, an area where Brazil’s main government buildings are located.
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    Colorado Springs Gazette 14 Nov 2024
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    Brazil: 1 killed in explosions outside Supreme Court; judges safely evacuated

    Hindustan Times 14 Nov 2024
    ... of Brasilia ... The incident took place in Brasilia's Three Powers Plaza, an area where Brazil’s main government buildings, including the Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace, are located.
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    Man kills himself with blasts outside Brazil's Supreme Court after failing to get inside

    Chatanooga Times Free Press 14 Nov 2024
    The blasts outside the Supreme Court took place about 20 seconds apart in Brasilia's Three Powers Plaza, where Brazil's main government buildings, including the Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace, are located.
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    Explosions kill 1 man outside Brazil's Supreme Court and force justices to evacuate

    NBC Bay Area 14 Nov 2024
    ... of Brasilia ... The incident took place in Brasilia's Three Powers Plaza, an area where Brazil’s main government buildings, including the Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace, are located.
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    Trials begin in Brazil for pro-Bolsonaro rioters who stormed capital

    Al Jazeera 14 Sep 2023
    The trials centre on the events of January 8, when thousands of Bolsonaro supporters amassed on the Three Powers Plaza in the capital Brasilia, breaking into the country’s Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace.

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