Originated from the development of the palaces in which political and administrative life was decided, especially in the Scaliger period, the square i ... More
Originated from the development of the palaces in which political and administrative life was decided, especially in the Scaliger period, the square is surrounded by monumental buildings connected by arcades and arches, almost to create a kind of internal courtyard. At the center of the square is the monument to Dante (1865), a 3-meter statue in white Carrara marble, erected on the occasion of the celebrations of the sixth centenary of the poet's birth, who found his first refuge at the court of Cangrande after exile from Florence.
Entering the square passing under the Arch of the Coast on the left you can admire the façade of the Domus Nova. Already mentioned in the documents of the mid-twelfth century, it was the seat first of the podestà and the minor councils, then (from the fifteenth century) the home of the Venetian judges. Much of the palace collapsed in 1511, and was not rebuilt until more than a century later.
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