Cavour square

Piazza Cavour is dominated by the so-called Torre civica, a symbol of the town; the present tower is a post-WWII rebuilding of an eralier 18th century tower (1783) originally erected to plans by Leonardo Massimiliano De Vegni. The tower houses a ring of bells as well as a 20th century clock manufactured by Melloncelli di Sermide in Mantova, the last of a series in use since the early 1400s.

The square is also overlooked by two commanding public buildings standing across from each other,  the Palazzo Pretorio (14th century) and the Palazzo Granducale (16th century), now housing the municipal offices. The former has retained significant 14th century architectural features as well as its original twin entrance doorways, which possibly provided access to distinct buildings housing the community and judicial magistrates, respectively. In the centre of the square stands a beautiful monument to the fallen in the Great War by Guglielmo Gemignani (1888-1930), dating to 1923.