Piazza dei Signori
Piazza dei Signori features on the Gingerguide audio walk through Verona. Give it roughly ~30 min: enough to look, hear a two to three minute story on the spot, and ask the AI guide whatever the story leaves open.
- Type square
- Suggested visit ~30 min
- Verona Verona guide
About Piazza dei Signori
Verona's elegant civic square, framed by medieval government buildings and the Palazzo della Ragione, with a statue of Dante at its centre and access to the Scaliger Tombs nearby.
Piazza dei Signori, the Lords' Square, was the seat of civic and judicial power in Verona for centuries, in deliberate contrast to the commercial chaos of adjacent Piazza delle Erbe. The square is framed by the twelfth-century Palazzo della Ragione (the old law court), the fourteenth-century Scaliger Palace, the Venetian-era Loggia del Consiglio, and the Domus Nova palace. At its centre stands a nineteenth-century statue of Dante Alighieri, who was a guest of the Scaliger lords and found creative inspiration in Verona during his exile from Florence. The square is sometimes called Piazza Dante in his honour. An arched passageway leads from this square directly to the Gothic extravagance of the Scaliger Tombs, one of the most extraordinary ensembles of funerary Gothic sculpture in Italy.
Did you know? Dante Alighieri lived in Verona during his exile from Florence, hosted by the Scaliger lords, and repaid their hospitality with flattering mentions in Paradiso.
How long is a visit to Piazza dei Signori?
Set aside roughly ~30 min for Piazza dei Signori. That covers a good look and the narrated story, and because you set the pace you can always stay on.
Is Piazza dei Signori worth your time?
Piazza dei Signori is among the 22 narrated highlights the Gingerguide team chose for Verona, so it is worth a look. Hear the story for the context, then ask the AI guide for anything more.
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