Piazza dei Signori is a city square in Padua.'Concerns over the beautiful square, which is called the Signoria. This has stone floor cooked, serves for the theater of public shows of rides, and tournaments and is surrounded by towering factories and beautiful houses" (Angelo Portenari, Of Happiness of Padua, 1623)Piazza dei Signori and Piazza della Signoria is one of the many plazas of the historic city of Padua. It was for centuries the scene of civic celebrations, tournaments and space representation of the city compared to larger squares of herbs (erbe) and fruits (frutta) that had more commercial leanings. The square is dominated by the famous Clock Tower