Barberini family and provided the subject for a major international conference in December 2004 (and subsequent publication), entitled "I Barberini e la Cultura Europea". Family tree of the 16th and 17th century Barberini ("hereditary patriarchy of the family is indicated by the colored squares"). Barberini family The Barberini are a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne in 1623, as Pope Urban VIII. Their urban palace, the Palazzo Barberini, (completed in 1633 by Bernini), today houses Italy's Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (National
Piazza (web service) answers and viewing more detailed statistics on class activity. The Piazza team is based in Palo Alto, California. In November 2011, Piazza launched iOS and Android mobile apps which would allow students share their ideas and get their queries answered. Piazza (web service) Piazza is a Q&A web service. It can be described as "mixture between a wiki and a forum" that can be used with learning management systems. The word Piazza comes from the Italian word for plaza—a common city square where people can come together to share ideas and knowledge. Pooja Sankar created the first prototype of Piazza