The Market Place of Padua at noon in the background is the great Cathedral of Padua the architecture is Romanesque, and wrought in black and white marb­les a flight of marble steps leads up to the Cathedral door at the foot of the steps are two large stone li­ons the houses on each aide of the stage have colou­red awnings from their windows, and are flanked by stone arcades on the right of the stage is the public fountain, with a triton in green bronze blowing from a conch around the fountain is a stone seat the bell of the Cathedral is ringing, and the citizens, men, women and children, are passing into the Cathedral.