Piazza de Cavalieri di Malta
plaza, Rome, Italy
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The Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta is a square in Rome, Italy, designed in the late 1700s by the engraver Giambattista Piranesi. It is located on the Aventine Hill, an area that, while built over with modern structures, still retains echoes of Rome's past. The square is characterized by an obelisk and trophies, with cypresses framing the scene. To one side stands the residence of the grand master of the Knights of Malta, an order whose headquarters were permanently moved to Rome in 1834.1
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