Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 3, 2012 12:20
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Italian term
pianoro
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Architecture
This is given in most dictionaries in terms of geology but here it seems to refer to a floor or location:
In prossimità dell’odierna Chiesa di San Leonardo, era posta la seconda porta, forse la maggiore, che dava accesso al pianoro dell’attuale piazza municipale.
In prossimità dell’odierna Chiesa di San Leonardo, era posta la seconda porta, forse la maggiore, che dava accesso al pianoro dell’attuale piazza municipale.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | concourse |
Lara Barnett
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| 4 | ... access to the (flat) expanse of what is now a minicipal square |
Michael Korovkin
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| 3 | plateau |
Ema Chlevickaite
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Change log
Sep 15, 2016 10:23: Lara Barnett Created KOG entry
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Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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concourse
This may not be the literal translation, but it sounds like it could be used here.
"concourse
noun
1. ...
2. a driveway or promenade, especially in a park.
3. a boulevard or other broad thoroughfare.
4. a large open space for accommodating crowds, as in a railroad station."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/concourse?s=thttp://d...
"concourse
noun
1. ...
2. a driveway or promenade, especially in a park.
3. a boulevard or other broad thoroughfare.
4. a large open space for accommodating crowds, as in a railroad station."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/concourse?s=thttp://d...
Example sentence:
"11am every Sunday followed by coffee in the CONCOURSE adjoining the Church."
"A room between the CONCOURSE and the main church provides space for smaller meetings and group activities."
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Ema Chlevickaite
Native in: Lithuanian
Works in: English to Lithuanian, Lithuanian to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
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plateau
I think it could be plateau - which gave access to the plateau of .... or giving access to.....
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-03 14:09:43 GMT)
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I found this in the text of novel by U. Eco In the Name of the Rose - ***whose southern side stood on the plateau of the abbey*** - see line 9 on p. 15 http://www.dillgroup.ucsf.edu/~grocklin/Eco, Umberto - The N...
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-03 14:09:43 GMT)
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I found this in the text of novel by U. Eco In the Name of the Rose - ***whose southern side stood on the plateau of the abbey*** - see line 9 on p. 15 http://www.dillgroup.ucsf.edu/~grocklin/Eco, Umberto - The N...
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Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
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... access to the (flat) expanse of what is now a minicipal square
I'd skip "flat" though: Piazza Siena apart, the municipal squares are flat almost by definition :)
Reference comments
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Reference:
I think it simply means that the second gate opened on the plain/plateau where now the main square stands (back then it was still land).
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