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20. Piazza dell a Signoria (pē-ät'sä del'lä sēn-yōrē'ä), or Piazza del Gran Duca (del grän dö'. kä). [It., place of the government' or 'of the grand duke.'] The chief public square in Florence. Piazza del Popolo (del põ ́pō-lō). [It., 'place of the people. A square in the northern part of modern Rome, where the Corso begins. Piazza di Spagna (dē spän'yä). A public square in Rome: so called from the residence of the Spanish amba ador. Keats died in a house overlooking the great flight of steps lead ing to the "Trinità de' Monti." Piazzi (pe-ät'sē), Giuseppe.. Born at Ponte, Val tell in a, Italy, July 16, 1746: died at Naples, July 22, 1826. An Italian astronomer. He became profe or of astronomy and mathematics at Palermo in 1781, director of the (new) observatory there in 1791, and director also of the observatory at Naples in 1817. He discovered the first asteroid, Ceres, Jan. 1, 1801, and published star-catalogues in 1803 and 1814. Picard (pe-kär'), Louis Joseph Ernest. Born at Paris, Dec. 24, 1821: died there, May 14, 1877. A French republican politician. He was minister of finance in the government of the national defense in 1870, and minister of the interior 1871-72. Picards (pik'ärdz). A sect in Bohemia about the beginning of the 15th century, suppre ed by Ziska in 1421. The Picards are accused of an attempt, under the guise of restoring man's primitive innocence, to renew the practices of the Adamites, in going ab solutely unclothed and in maintaining the community of Picardy (pik'är-di), F. Picardie (pē-kär-de'). An ancient government of northern France. Capital, Amiens. It was bounded by Artois and women, etc. Flanders on the north, Champagne on the east, Îlede-France on the south, and Normandy and the English Channel on the west, corresponding to the department of Somme and parts of Pas-de-Calais, Oise, and Aisne. It was composed of various counties - Amie no is, Ver man do is, Ponthieu, etc. It was under the suzerainty of Flanders, but was united to France under Louis XI. Piccadilly (pik'a-dil-i). [From the picardils or century. Piccolo mini, Die. ['The Piccolo mini.'] A tragedy by Schiller (1799), forming the second play in the trilogy of "Wal lens tein" (which see). Piccolo mini, Maria. Born at Siena, 1836. An Italian opera-singer, a descendant of the famous family of that name. Her first appearance on the stage was at Florence, during the carnival of 1852, as Lucrezia Borgia. Her London début was at Her Majesty's Theatre in 1856 as La Traviata. In 1858 she visited America, where she was much admired. She left the stage in 1860, and soon after married the marchese Gaetano. Piccolo mini, Prince Octavio. Born 1599: died at Vienna, Aug. 10,1656. A general in the Thirty Years' War, in the Imperialist, and later in the Spanish, service. He was instrumental in bringing about the downfall of Wal lens tein in 1634. He was defeated by Tors tenson at Leipsic in 1642. Pic du Midi de Bigorre (pēk dü mēdē dė bēgor') gor or de Bagnères. [F., 'southern peak of Bigorre.] A mountain in the Pyrenees, department of Hautes-Pyrénées, France, 20 miles south of Tarbes. Height, 9,440 feet. Pic du Midi d'O au (dō-sō'). [F., 'southern peak peak of of O au.'] O A mountain in the Pyrenees, miles south of Pau. Height, 9,465 feet. department of Ba es-Pyrénées, France, 35 Picenum (pi-se'num). In ancient geography, a territory in Italy, lying between the Adriatic and the A pennines. Capital, Asculum. It was bounded by Umbria on the northwest and west, the Sabines on the southwest, and the Vestini on the south. It was reduced by Rome in 268 B. C., and took part in the Social