The Piazza del Popolo (''People’s Square'') is located at the heart of

Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...

, Italy, and offers some of the most interesting town sights. In the middle of the square there stands the Mannerist ''Fontana del Masini'' (1588—91), designed by the local painter-architect Francesco Masini, in collaboration, for the hydraulics, with

Tommaso Laureti Tommaso Laureti, often called Tommaso Laureti Siciliano ( 1530 – 22 September 1602), was an Italian painter from Sicily who trained in the atelier of the aged Sebastiano del Piombo and worked in Bologna. From 1582, he worked for papal patrons i ...

. On the southern side of the square there stands the ''Palazzo Comunale'' (''Town Hall''). Next to the ''Palazzo Comunale'' there are ''Loggetta Veneziana'' and ''Rocchetta di Piazza'', built in the 15th century. The ''Chiesa dei Santi Anna e Gioacchino'' (''Church of St. Anna and St. Gioacchino'') takes up the northern side of the square. During the fascist period the name of the square was "Piazza Vittorio Emanuele", honoring the king; the name "Piazza del Popolo" was restored after the second world war.

External links

Piazza del Popolo on ''homolaicus.com''

Buildings and structures in Cesena Cesena Piazzas in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub