Plaza Mayor (English spelling)

Japanese: Plaza Mayor(英語表記)PlazaMayor
Plaza Mayor (English spelling)

…The city was then surrounded by a palisade and had gates in what are now the squares of Bilbao, Colón, Cibeles, Atocha, Embajadores and Toledo. The centre of Madrid, called La Villa y Corte (the Village and the Royal Palace), was the present Plaza Mayor, surrounded by buildings with colonnades and balconies, where bullfights, the Inquisition and executions took place. The second expansion of the city took place during the reign of Charles III (1759-88), and by the end of the 18th century the population had reached 156,672. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Plaza Mayor" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…当時の市域は柵で囲まれ,今のビルバオ,コロン,シベレス,アトチャ,エンバハドレス,トレドの各広場に門があった。ラ・ビリャ・イ・コルテ(村と王宮)と呼ばれたマドリードの中心は現在のマヨール広場Plaza Mayorで,柱廊とバルコニーのある建物に取り巻かれ,ここで闘牛や異端審問や処刑などが行われた。 2回目の都市拡大はカルロス3世時代(在位1759‐88)に行われ,18世紀末には人口は15万6672を数えた。…

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