The plaza mayor of Valladolid, Spain, a prototypical Spanish plaza. The Plaza Mayor is a central Plaza in the city of Valladolid, Spain. ||-||} is an industrial city and it is a Municipality in north-central Spain, upon the Pisuerga River and within the Ribera del Duero wine-making region Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

The plaza mayor of Madrid in its dense urban setting. The Plaza Mayor built during the Habsburg period is a central Plaza in the city of Madrid, Spain. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain.

Plaza (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈplaθa]) is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. A public space refers to an area or place that is open and accessible to all citizens regardless of Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Age or Public square and city square redirect here For Public Square Cleveland see Public Square and for City Square in Leeds see Leeds 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. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral A palace is a grand residence especially the home of a Head of state or some other high-ranking Public figure. 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 equalled by the market-place. For the Brazilian footballer see Wilson da Silva Piazza For the American baseball player see Mike Piazza For the coupé car

Most colonial cities in Spanish America 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. The Plaza de Armas ( Plaza of Arms is the name for the main square in many Latin American cities

A plaza de toros is a bullring. For the retail complex in Birmingham UK see Bull Ring Birmingham.

The Italian cognate is Piazza, the Portuguese Praça, the French Place, the Romanian Piața and the German Platz. Cognates in Linguistics are words that have a common origin They may occur within a language such as shirt and skirt as two English words descended from For the Brazilian footballer see Wilson da Silva Piazza For the American baseball player see Mike Piazza For the coupé car Public square and city square redirect here For Public Square Cleveland see Public Square and for City Square in Leeds see Leeds City Square.

Examples

• Plaza Mayor of Madrid
• Plaza Mayor of Valladolid
• Plaza de Mayo
• Zócalo

Shopping center

The first purpose-built shopping center in the United States, opened in Kansas City, Missouri in 1922, knowingly took the name of "Country Club Plaza" and adopted Spanish architectural details. The Plaza Mayor built during the Habsburg period is a central Plaza in the city of Madrid, Spain. The Plaza Mayor is a central Plaza in the city of Valladolid, Spain. Plaza_de_la_Victoriapng|thumb|225px|1867 view of the Plaza de la Victoria In many cities in Mexico, a zócalo is the main plaza or square set in the heart of the town Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. More recently plaza has been used to describe a shopping complex, similar to a shopping mall, borrowing its connotations of a center of cultural life. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors The name is currently even applied to a single building with some semi-public street-level areas, often with a hotel or office tower above, while mall more often refers to multiple buildings or a street.

Examples: Pantip Plaza, Clinton Plaza, Plaza Las Américas, Central Plaza, Hong Kong, Schiphol Plaza, The Plaza. Pantip Plaza is an indoor IT Shopping mall located on New Phetchaburi Road in Ratchathewi district Bangkok, Thailand. Clinton Plaza was a thriving but short-lived nightlife district in Bangkok, Thailand, located on Sukhumvit Road between Soi 13 and Plaza Las Américas is a large and famous Shopping mall in Hato Rey Puerto Rico, located right across from the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, the Central Plaza is the second tallest Skyscraper in Hong Kong. With a height of 374 m (1227 ft Central Plaza is only surpassed by 2 IFC Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the Netherlands ' main Airport, located 20 minutes (17 The Plaza, formerly known as Evergreen Plaza, Opened to the public in 1952 the mall was originally a 500000 square foot open-air shopping center anchored by The Fair Store

Fictional example: Nakatomi Plaza (in real life, Fox Plaza). Fox Plaza is a 492- foot (150- Meter) high Skyscraper with 34 floors in Century City Los Angeles California, a local Landmark.

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