Approaching Piazza d'Italia (above).
Piazza
d'Italia is the postmodern collaboration of architect Charles Moore and
the NOLA firm August Perez & Associates, built in downtown New
Orleans in the late 1970s and recently restored. It was revered by
critics for its clever integration of multiple architectural styles,
while still offering the Italian community a unique gathering place.
Water circulates throughout the lower tier of Piazza d'Italia.
Giorgio
de Chirico's Surrealist artwork titled Piazza d'Italia from 1913 (above)
inspired Moore's eerily beautiful postmodern cityscape.
Milan-based artist Francesco Vezzoli's gilt bronze monument Portrait of Sophia Loren As The Muse of Antiquity (above) installed in Piazza d'Italia as part of Prospect.2
Jackson
Square was built in 1721 and the French
Quarter grew up around it. The Square is the size of a city block and features an equestrian
statue of Andrew Jackson (added in 1815). was designed to resemble the
Place des Vosges in Paris.
A Fountain in Jackson Square, New Orleans, inspired by Place des Vosges (see below).
A
Fountain at Place des Vosges in Paris, circa 1605.
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