Plaza

A plaza /ˈplɑːzə/ is an open urban public space, such as a city square.

Throughout Spanish America and the Spanish East Indies, 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.

Doop

Doop may refer to:

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Noyz Narcos

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Noyz Narcos, stage name of Emanuele Frasca, known as Noyz or White Zombie (born December 15, 1979 in Rome), is an Italian rapper, beatmaker and writer. He is also a member of the Italian hip-hop collective TruceKlan.

Biography

Beginnings, first crews and Non dormire (1996–2005)

During adolescence begins to play basketball cultivating a passion for Nike and graffiti so he joined the TBF crew and Savage Boys. He begin his career in a grindcore group together with Metal Carter, but soon realizes that his path is that of hip-hop. Then he enters the world of rap at 19 in the crew Erreaccanegativo, founded by Darko Fetz and Ricky Jd. They released their first album Calma apparente in 1996, but Noyz does not take part because leaves the crew. Later in 2000 he works with the Truceboys to the creation of their first EP. He then joined the Roman crew on a permanent basis, contributing to the creation and release of the album Sangue in 2003. The next period in which the members of the group take on solo careers after the creation of the collective Truceklan is very positive for Noyz. In July 2005 he releases his first solo album entitled Non dormire, disc of 16 tracks in which the TruceBoys work together with other artists of the Roman scene.

List of free ports

A free port (porto franco) or free zone (zona franca), sometimes also called a bonded area (US: Foreign-Trade Zone), is a port or other area with relaxed jurisdiction of customs or related national regulations.

Most commonly a free port is a special customs area or small customs territory with generally less strict customs regulations (or no customs duties and/or controls for transshipment). Earlier in history, some free ports like Hong Kong enjoyed political autonomy. Many international airports have free ports, though they tend to be called customs areas, customs zones, or international zones.

A free economic zone (a specific type of special economic zone) may also be called a free port.

Free ports and Free Zones by country

Africa

Tanzania

Mtwara Freeport Zone

Libya

Misrata Free Zone

Liberia

Free Port of Monrovia

Egypt

Eritrea

Morocco