Introduction to Place d'Italie: Place d'Italie, one of the famous squares in Paris, France, is located in the 13th arrondissement in the southeast of Paris and is also the seat of the 13th arrondissement district government. Because it borders the Via Italia that you used to take to go to Italy, it is called Piazza Italia. It is 200 meters in diameter and surrounded by eight boulevards. Shuji Street leads directly to China Town in the southeast.