Piazza Grande

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Piazza Grande is the historic main square of Modena, Italy, renowned for its medieval architecture and its inclusion in the city’s UNESCO World Heritage ensemble alongside the Cathedral and Ghirlandina Tower.

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Piazza Grande canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic square
public square
adjacentTo Ghirlandina Tower
Modena Cathedral
country Italy
hasArchitecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
medieval architecture
hasCity Modena
hasCivicFunction seat of municipal life in Modena
hasCoordinateLocation approx. 44.646°N 10.925°E
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of Modena’s medieval civic and religious power
hasHeritageStatus protected area
hasNearbyReligiousBuilding Modena Cathedral
hasNotableBuilding Ghirlandina Tower
Modena Cathedral
Palazzo Comunale (Modena Town Hall)
hasOfficialLanguageOfLocation Italian
hasPavingMaterial stone
hasProvince Province of Modena
hasRegion Emilia-Romagna
hasUNESCOSiteNameLanguage English
Italian
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageDesignationBody UNESCO
isOpenSpace true
isTouristAttraction true
locatedIn Modena
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Emilia-Romagna
locatedInHistoricCenterOf Modena
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site “Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena”
significantPeriod Middle Ages
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 1997
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 827
usedFor civic ceremonies
markets
public gatherings
tourism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Modena hasLandmark Piazza Grande
UNESCO World Heritage Site city center of Modena contains Piazza Grande
Piazza Prampolini formerName Piazza Grande
Comune di Modena hasCulturalSite Piazza Grande