halfway between Milan and Venice, Verona is one of the most popular cities in Italy for tourists, who enjoy art, architecture, work and literary fame .It is in the curve in the S ADige river, when it comes out of the Alps.Centro Storico from Verona, the historical center, where you will find most attractions and things to do, is related to the neighborhoods on the left bank through 10 bridges.
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The best months for good weather in Verona are April, May, June, July, August, September and October
On average the hottest months are July and August
January is the coldest month of the year
Tourist Attractions
San Zeno Maggiore Basilica of the 11th-century XII is considered the best Romanesque building in northern Italy.The beautiful main front of the alternative layers of brick and white tuff is flanked by a thin Romanesque campaign (1045-1178) and by the Defense Tower with a fourteenth century of a former Benedictine abbey.Remarkable Romance of biblical and secular scenes. In the nineer has an unusual wooden roof from the fourteenth century and beautiful Romanesque capitals.On the corridors are frescoes from the thirteenth-XV centuries.In the choir is a marble figure, considered to be from the fourteenth century, of Saint Zenon, the bishop of Verona from the fourth century.His relic is in the crypt, which is quite unusual in that it is equal in size and prominence with the choir above it.On the big altar is a Madona with saints of the 15th century.
One of the largest of its kind and among the best preserved Roman amphitheater, the Verona arena was built during the reign of Diocletian, around 290 AD.Only four arches of the outer wall on the north have survived, but the vaults and chairs are used regularly. In the 44 rows of chairs can host 22,000 spectators, and in July and August, it is the House of the Opera Festival in Verona, one of the most important summer music events in Europe, ranked with Bayreuth.Inside there are concerts and other events.
The beautiful church of Santa Maria Antica was completed in the 12th century and became the Church of the Princess Della Scala's family, which led Verona in the 13th and 14th centuries.Their imposing Gothic tombs almost shaded them, at the top of their effigies in complete armor.Search for their symbol: the scale (scale) was the heraldic emblem of the family and appears frequently in the railings developed from wrought iron.To the left is the Mural Monument of Giovanni, who died in 1359, and the Mastino I's sarcophagus from 1277. Inside the railings, under a canopy, are the sarcophagi and equestrian statues of Mastino II and Canignorio, who died in 1351 and 1375.
On the banks of Adigi, Castelvecchio was built by scales in 1354-55, an impressive defensive fortress that will surely remember all the rivals by the power of the Della Scala family.Passing the river is the beautiful Ponte Scaligero, a bridge from the fourteenth century, without traffic and among the places preferred by the locals to go for a walk.The interior of the castle was restored well and transformed into a bright exhibition space by the architect Carlo Scarpa, without sacrificing the integrity or history of the castle.Pisano and artists from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.Veronese school. In a few steps up on Corso Cavour is Arco Dei Gavi, a stone arched gate, which stretched on a Roman road;Look for the ditches worn by the wheels of the cart in the stone under the bow.
Going from Piazza Bra to Piazza delle Erbe, narrow via Mazzini passes through the heart of the Storico center.The marble pavement of this pedestrian street is worn for centuries, and the buildings on both sides host the most elegant stores in Verona.The showcases display the latest Italian and international fashion, with a mixture of fashionable names and local boutiques.The ground floor of the Benetton store is covered with glass, so you can see the Roman Domus from the 1st century.Although it is the favorite commercial street in Verona, it is also the most popular place to go for the traditional Passeggiat or evening walk.
Verona is probably the best known internationally as the decoration of Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.Inevitably, the tourists asked where the cross -beloved lovers live, and Veronese willingly emphasized a small medi palace right next to Piazza delle Erbe, who had an attractive yard where tourists could stand without blocking the street.A few decades later, they added a bronze statue and installed exhibitions inside the house, which tourists could look on the way to be photographed on the balcony.at the point where he hires a secretary team to respond to the correspondence left for the mythical Juliet. N Nadresa: via Cappello no.23, Verona
Fifty kilometers south of Verona, the capital of Mantua province was the residence of the Gonzaga family from 1328 to 1707 and made Mantua one of the most refined and cultivated princely, a large art and teaching center.Their sumptuous residence, the Palazzo Ducale Massif, dominates the city and is still one of the most splendid palaces in Italy.They are exposed in opulent rooms decorated with frescoes, paintings on the ceiling and richly carved ceilings.Palazzo del Te, with a single floor., built for Gonzaga between 1525 and 1535 by Giulio Romano.It is decorated with beautiful frescoes and stuccoes.
The Cathedral is a Romance basilica from the 12th century, with a Gothic ship from the fifteenth century.Next to it is a campaign on a Romanesque basis, designed by Sanmicheli, but it was not completed until 1927. On the beautiful main door of the cathedral are figures of the two Paladini of Carol the Great, Roland and Oliver, made between 1139 and 1153. In the inside, on the first altar on the left, there is the main altar, the main point of the church, the main point of the church.At the end of the Southern aisle is the Gothic tomb of Saint Agata, from 1353. Special striking are the red marble pillars and the marble choir.-screen.To the left of the cathedral is a Romanesque monastery built in 1123, with early Christian mosaic floor at the lower level. N Nadress: Piazza Duomo no.21, Verona
At the top of a long promontory that extends into the southern end of Lake Garda, about 40 minutes from Verona, Sirmione could be a scene.You enter the city on a mobile bridge, at the foot of a perfect castle, Rocca Scaligera, built in the 12th century by the Scaligeri family, leading Verona.After visiting the restored rooms of the castle, get in the tower for views over the lake and the city.Here, the Roman poet Catullus, who lived between 84 and 54 BC, built a villa to take advantage of the sulfur springs, which are now used by a luxury spa.The remains of his villa, Grotte di Catullo, and the complex that surrounds her are extended and deserves to be explored for both their history and the beautiful views of the lake.
The central feature of the Storico Center in Verona is Piazza delle rectangular, one of the most picturesque markets in Italy.It is located on the place of the Roman forum and is now a market for fruits and vegetables.In the center of the market is the sixteenth-century Berlina, a four columns canopy, used for elections.To the north there is a fountain out of 1368 with Madonna di Verona, an old marble statue that was reused in the medi era.In the northeast corner is the Mazzanti House, initially built by scales.Like many houses here, it is adorned with Renaissance frescoes.In the northern part of the market is the Palazzo Maffei in the Baroque style of 1668, and to the left, Torre del Gardello from 1370. In the house of mercantiles from the corner Via Pelliciai was rebuilt in 1878 in its original form of 1301. Opposite, it rises to Dei Lambeti, with a medi bell, with an 84 metersRengo.From the end near St. Marcu lion, Corso Porta Borsari is interrupted by Porta Dei Borsari, a gate of the Roman city built in the first century AD.and restored in 265. At the opposite end is via Mancini, pedestrian, the most fashionable shopping in Verona.street.
Acusured by an arch in Piazza delle Erbe, Piazza Dei Signori is surrounded by palaces, and in the middle is a monument of Dante erected in 1865. Palazzo della Ragione (City Hall), in the southern part of the market was started in 1193. But modified in the subsequent centuries.The main face of the building is Renaissance, dating from 1524. In the yard there is a large gothic scale of 1446-50 and the entrance to Torre Dei Lamberti.In the east of the market is the Palazzo del Governo, initially another scales palace and which also contains a Sanmicheli door. In the northern part of Piazza Dei Signori is Loggia del Consiglio, one of the most beautiful buildings of the early Renaissance in Italy.It was built by Fra Giocondo between 1486 and 1493 and is crowned by statues of famous citizens of Verona.Recent excavations here have discovered a Roman street, mosaics and other remnants below the current level of the street, which you can explore from the entrance of the large courtyard.
Behind Palazzo Giusti from the sixteenth century is the wonderful garden, Giardino Giusti, with paths among the eight formal parties, each with a different model of living fence, together with fountains and statues.Although not the largest, it is ranked among the best Renaissance gardens in Italy.Especially in the heat of summer, it is a quiet withdrawal from the city.2, Verona
The first San Fermo Maggiore was built in the eighth century in the memory of the Saints Fermo and Rustico, which was believed at that time that they were martyred in the arena.It was replaced in the eleventh century with the current structure, and the crypt is the only surviving part of the original.The facade is beautifully decorated in marble.The church hosts a wooden crucifix from the fourteenth century and the worship of Alessandro Turhi.Search the Pisanello frescoes above the Brenzoni monument and several frescoes around the pulp
Built in 1172 and raised to the current 84 meters (276 feet) in the 1400s, Dei Lambeti dominates the horizons of the Delle Erbe Market and Piazza Dei Signori.You can distinguish the two periods of construction, as the old tower was built in layers of bush and terracotta, giving it a striped appearance.As you can expect, the peak views are spectacular, comprising the entire center of Verona, Adigei Valley and the surrounding hills.
Over the Roman Ponte Pietra Bridge, on the slope of the hill below the San Pietro Castle, the Roman theater was built in the first century during the reign of Augustus and excavated between 1904 and 1939. From the theater itself, you can see the remains of the stage.The walls of the bush building and stones in the pit of the scene with holes in which the ropes were drawn to open and close the curtains.The theater is the summer place of the Verona jazz festival.The Roman Bridge, Ponte Pietra, was thrown into the air during World War II, like all the bridges in Verona, but after the war, the stones were recovered from the river and sorted carefully and reassembled in the bridge that crosses here today.2, Verona
A brick church from the end of the 13th century, Sant 'Anastasia rises above a small market in the heart of Verona and is the best example of Gothic architecture in the city.Above his portal are scenes from St. Peter's life carved in stone, and above them, a fifteenth century fresco.Do not miss the fresco of St. George and Princess of Pisanello.church. n nadresa: Piazza Sant 'Anastasia, Verona
