- published: 18 Mar 2016
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Plaza ( /ˈplɑːzə/; Castilian Spanish: [ˈplaθa] or Latin American Spanish: [ˈplasa]) is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, 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.
Actors: Jorge Sesán (actor), Nadia Martínez (miscellaneous crew), Pablo Ribba (actor), Gabriel Stagnaro (director), Gabriel Stagnaro (writer), Laura Arensburg (miscellaneous crew), Germán Castelnuovo (miscellaneous crew), Sergio Podelei (actor), Gustavo Intrieri (writer), Christian Ercolano (editor), Christian de los Santos (producer), Cecilia Costa (miscellaneous crew), Martín Comán (actor), Alejandro Aramburu (actor), Agustín Alzueta (miscellaneous crew),
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