Piazza dei Signori is a city square in

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and '' comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Ven ...

, north-eastern

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. It takes its name (meaning "Lords Square" in Italian) from the palaces of lords the former

seignory In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. ''Nulle terr ...

of Treviso which face it. They include: *Palazzo del Podestà with the Civic tower (13th century), which was the lordship's seat *

Palazzo dei Trecento Palazzo dei Trecento (also called ''Palazzo della Ragione'') is a building in Treviso, Veneto, northern Italy, located in the Piazza dei Signori. It is home to Treviso municipal council. The palace was erected in the 13th and 14th centuries, as t ...

*Palazzo Pretorio (with a 17th century façade) *Original seat of the Municipal Library and the Municipal Gallery (1847) The Square also features several sculptures of

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, a symbol of the former domination of the

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on Treviso.

Gallery

File:Piazza dei Signori e Palazzo dei Trecento.jpg, Piazza dei Signori and

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The statue statua of '' Teresona''

External links

Page at Trevisoinfo website
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