As soon as the people of medieval Treviso were able to build houses in stone with tiled roofs, towers began to rise in competition as a sign of each noble family's power.

These towers reigned over the City and left a great iconography predominantly portrayed, even in the old City flag (which had three towers on a white background).

Only a few examples reamain: the Torre del Visdomino, in via Cornarotta in 1500 by Bartolomeo Burchelati who lived there and then by Arturo Martini who made it into his artist's studio; the Torre della famiglia Oliva in via Paris Bordon; the Torre Rossignona in Calmaggiore; and the bell tower of the Duomo, originally the dwelling place of the Tempesta, Lords of Noale and the Bishop of Treviso'men.