What's your favourite Italian piazza and why?

And after lots of updates on Twitter, I'm back to blogging. For those of you who don't use Twitter, try it. I've met loads of interesting expats in Italy and around the world on there.

Lots and lots has been happening here: buying an apartment, selling the land, making revisions to book, consulting, writing articles, becoming a permament citizen meaning Italy now has to treat me like an Italian, changing residency from one town to the next, wasting lots of time changing residency, doctors' appointments, wasting lots of time making appointments, hassling Telecom for wifi, wasting lots of time hassling Telecom for wifi -after four months of badgering them, they finally got their act together last week and sent us the router - and working on launch of another business project.

In other words, lots and lots of excuses for not being on here. Oops.

I'm easing back into this blogging malarky slowly and vowing to include loads more images on here. Not least because Joanna Young has prompted me to do so in her latest Tweet (that's what the messages you post are called) on Twitter. You can what that is over at Confident Writing.   

Here's the first one of my favourite Italian piazza: Santo Stefano in Bologna where I used to curl up with a cappuccino and my textbooks when I was a student in the city.

Photo credit: aleric86

But enough of me. What's your favourite Italian piazza and why?

 

Comments

[Miss Expatria]

Without a doubt, mine is Piazza Madonna dei Monti in Rome, right off via dei Serpenti. It's a perfect microcosm of that neighborhood, and a clear example of how piazze should work:

It's got the old ladies in the morning, sitting on the fountain and gabbing, leaning on their shopping... whatever those things are called, you know what I'm talking about.

At lunchtime are groups of business men strolling and eating gelato, and youngish people brown-bagging it on the fountain.

Afternoons are for the old men.

Early evening is a bit of a passeggiata, which devolves into knots of people standing around talking while little kids play calcio against he facade of the church.

Dinnertime, EMPTY.

After dinner, older teenagers and couples canoodling.

PERFECT! And it has a great bar (of course), and a produce stand, and a couple cute shops.

[Emma Bird]

You're right. The Piazza Madonna dei Monti is a gorgeous little place. I saw it on my first trip to Italy. I love how you've captured the spirit of the place.