Torre del Gardello, Gothic tower in Piazza Erbe, Verona, Italy

Torre del Gardello is a Gothic tower standing on Piazza Erbe at the crossing of two ancient Roman roads. The structure rises about 44 meters and displays Gothic architectural features including crenellated edges, built at this historic intersection where the city's main routes meet.

Cansignorio della Scala had the tower raised in 1370, likely on an earlier structure, as part of his building programme for Verona. It was fitted with a bell clock that struck the hours, the first public clock in the city. The clock face and mechanism were added only in 1421, and the four-metre bell-shaped spire dates from 1626.

The tower's name may come from the Gardello family, who owned an earlier tower here, or from the wool trade: cardatura, carding, was a key Veronese industry in the Middle Ages. Two plaques on the Vicolo Monte side commemorate Cansignorio as builder, one in red Veronese marble with a Latin inscription and a later one in Italian.

The tower stands at the northwest corner of Piazza delle Erbe, where Corso Porta Borsari meets Vicolo Monte, next to Palazzo Maffei. It belongs to the city and cannot be visited inside; restoration and visitor-access plans were presented in 2016. The original 1370 bell is displayed at the Castelvecchio Museum, not the clock mechanism.

The bell cast in 1370 by Master Jacobus, nearly 128 cm across and weighing about 1,800 kg, is no longer in the tower: it is displayed at the Castelvecchio museum, bearing the city's coat of arms, Saint Zeno fishing and a ladder.