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Recent Examples of arcadesThough some arcades only have regular claw machines, the Pians' arcade has many different ways to play.—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Today, visitors come to Museo di San Marco to see the frescoes and panels by Fra Angelico, as well as its courtyard, cloisters, palazzo, and garden.
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Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
But the most compelling aspect of these eight episodes, set a year after Industry sold off the Pierpoint bank that once employed most of its characters and scattered them to London’s various elite cloisters, is the sense that money has never really been the point of the show.
As the last rusty leaves fell from the trees in the parks and historic piazzas, the birds swooped down, rummaging and pecking and shaking their feathers, then flew off again with quivers of delight.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Europe is packed with these urban oases, and along with a taste for lattes and tapas, Americans are increasingly hungry for Italian piazzas, Spanish plazas, French places, and similar squares around the globe.