Piazza dei Signori, Padua

HISTORY
The square made in the fourteen
century.
Initially known as the "Square of
Triumphs" and again "Piazza della
Signoria
The square is dominated by the
famous Clock Tower. CAPITANIO
SURROUNDINGS:
At the west end, the piazza is dominated by the Clock Tower , flanked by
symmetrical buildings of Capitanio and Camerlenghi, buildings from
the sixteenth and seventeenth century in mannerist style.
On the square to the left column Marciana (mid-eighteenth century,) is a
monument composed of pieces from the church of San Marco
The square hosts the morning city market
MATERIALS PEOPLE WALKING
sandstone pavement
brick