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Piazza Dei Signori's Torre dell'Orologio: During my research I was able to find sources and information about the clock in the Piazza Dei Signori's Clock tower. As there was no existing page for it. I decided to focus my research on the clock and create a page for it. I hope that is okay, it ended up being a last minute decision since that is were all my research ended up going. Finding scholarly sources on this particular topic was a little difficult but I found some other sites that I think are a decent start on the topic. Databases didn't have much about this particular clock, and My biggest problem was running into so many sources that were in Italian. The language barrier proved to be a challenge, however I translated what I could with the little bit of Italian that I know.

The clock is located in the Pizza (Plaza) Dei Signori and positioned between the Palazzo (Palace) del Capitanio and the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi in Padua (Padova) Italy.

The Piazza Dei Signori is home to the Torre dell'Orologio, which was built in 1344, this was a commission from Prince Ubertino de Carrara, who was part of the Carraresi clan of Padua, Italy, he was the Lord of Padua from 1338 to 1345. The tower's construction began in 1426 and finished around 1430. It would later be enlarged to accommodate the new clock that was created in 1427. The clock itself was completed in 1434. Later in 1436 ornamentation was added to the dial of the clock, and a year later the clock tower was inaugurated. At the base of the tower, the great triumphal arch, designed by Giovanni Maria Falconetto, was added in 1531.

The design and construction of the clock was overseen by Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio, also known as Giovanni de' Dondi, who was an Italian physician, astronomer and mechanical engineer from Italy. Dondi was assisted by Gian Petro Dalle Caldiere. The clock has references to the zodiac throughout it's design. However, on the original clock, the Libra sign was not present, as with the pre-Roman system Scorpio and Libra were one Zodiac sign.

Today, the clock is open to the public. A group of volunteers called the, Salvalarte ensures that sites like this one are open to the public. This group is a branch of the nation-wide environmental  association.

Topic Choices:

San Miniato al Monte: interested in this topic, as I am visiting Northern Italy in January and would like to cover a topic that I will be able to see in person. I think that this topic would be a good page to expand on.

Piazza dei Signori, Padua: This topic I am interested in for mostly the same reasons as the first one. I am also interested in researching about the clock tower in this plaza.

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: I am interesting in this one because of the art history inside as well at the architecture. I am also visiting this site in January and think it would be a good page to expand on.

Article evaluation: Laon Cathedral

The introduction to the article is well written and makes sense. However, when you continue to read it begins to be harder to follow, and there are some grammar mistakes that are distracting from the topic. More information would be helpful in understanding this cathedral, the article as a whole seems pretty vague and general. Not a lot of fact specific to this cathedral. According to the dates on the article, it would be good to try and find something more recent about it, information you might have to know if you were to visit the site, or something similar.

Otherwise, the article seems to be written in a good tone, and doesn't take sides on anything. Some more scholarly references would be nice as far as facts go. So far on the talk pages, only external links have been modified. It is part of a wikiprojects for France, and Architecture, rated as low and high importance.