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Piazza Navona- located in Rome, Italy is on of the most popular places in all of Rome for people to gather. It was originally created as a stadium for athletic events and chariot races in the first century and in the 15^th century is was laid out from the ruins of the stadium. It is home to three fountains, including the Fountain of Four Rivers, created by Gianlorenzo Bernini, which is one of the pieces that we learned about in class.  Usually the fountain is an open space, but when we went to visit, something called the Piazza Navona Christmas Market was going on. This starts at the end of November and lasts for six weeks. We walked through the Piazza and had lunch at a restaurant, so we were able to sit outside and look at the market. 

Piazza della Signoria- located in the heart of Florence, Italy, Piazza della Signoria was built at the end of the 13^th century. Here there are many statues, including a copy of Michelangelo’s David statue. The copy of the David is located in the same place that the original was located before it was moved.  This Piazza also has part of the Uffizi Museum located in it, which is one of the two museums that we went to while we were in Florence. This Piazza is one of the most important places in Florence. The day that we went it was raining, so it was hard to fully enjoy it but even with the rain it was a very beautiful place. 

Theater of Epidaurus- located in the small village of Epidaurus, Greece. This small village is best known for its theater that was built in the late 4^th century B.C. The theater is best known for its acoustics as we saw when we were there. We all walked up to the very last row of the theater while one of the tour guides dropped a coin in the center of the stage and we were all able to here the coin drop perfectly, without her using anything to help the sound travel up to us. It was amazing that they were able to take these aspects into account when creating something like this, so long ago. Seeing it in person was an awesome experience to say the least.