Accessed through an archway from Piazza delle Erbe, Piazza dei Signori is surrounded by palaces, and in the middle stands a monument to Dante erected in 1865.
The Palazzo della Ragione (Town Hall), on the south side of the piazza was begun in 1193 but altered in later centuries. The main front of the building is Renaissance, dating to 1524.
In the courtyard are a Gothic grand staircase from 1446-50 and the entrance to the Torre dei Lamberti.
Also in the square are a battlemented tower and the Palazzo dei Tribunali, converted in 1530-31 from a Scaliger Palace and with a Renaissance doorway by Michele Sanmicheli.
On the east side of the square is the Palazzo del Governo, originally another Scaligeri palace and also containing a doorway by Sanmicheli.
