| Verona is a famous city around the world especially | | | | ("Stone Wall Bridge"), built up on the Adige River, |
| thanks to two main things, the amphitheater Arena and | | | | where the ancient inhabitants used to ford the river. |
| the famous "Romeo and Juliet" drama. Thousands and | | | | And again the Arco dei Gavi (Gavi Arch), one of the |
| thousands of people have been arriving every year in | | | | city's richest families, celebrated right with this arch. All |
| Verona to visit the city and see the well-known | | | | these monuments are in a perfect preservation stage, |
| balcony from which she used to show herself. | | | | marbles are still luminous, making the tourist live the |
| But these are certainly not the only attestations of the | | | | dream to be in a fantastic place, totally immersed in |
| city's glorious past. There are a lot of monuments to | | | | history. |
| see and visit for the numerous tourists, but also | | | | Beautiful to see are also the monumental gateways of |
| churches and museums. | | | | Porta Borsari and Porta Leoni, once built up to protect |
| The city, in fact, has been inhabited since the prehistory | | | | the city and now ready to welcome the numerous |
| period, there was a series of population living in this | | | | visitors. |
| territory, and each of them leaved behind a lot of signs | | | | Parts of walls and streets can still be seen with a |
| and vestiges of their passage, and making the city | | | | simple walk along Corso Cavour, Corso Portoni |
| really full with history and stories. | | | | Borsari, and Corso Santa Anastasia which leads you |
| Walking for example from the long Corso Porta | | | | along the ancient Roman via Postumia or the |
| Nuova down to the Portoni del Bra', beyond the | | | | Decumano Massimo, which ended up in the Roman |
| beautiful battlements and the walls you could already | | | | Forum, now Piazza Erbe. But you can also see |
| feel the impression that shortly you will be able to | | | | inscriptions, tombstones, mosaics, decorated lintels, |
| admire invaluable preciousness, centuries and centuries | | | | parts of roman statues. |
| of art and history. In Italy Verona is second only to | | | | During the rule of the Scaligeri the city transformed |
| Rome as for the noteworthy presence of roman ruins | | | | itself. Beautiful monuments such as the Castlelvecchio, |
| so well-conserved. | | | | the Ponte Scaligero, the Cangrande's Palace, and the |
| The city has a complex structure, but two main walls | | | | Domus Mercatorum in the Piazza Erbe have been built |
| accentuate the division between the Roman part and | | | | up. But also many others architectural beauties that |
| the modern part (until the second half of 19th century): | | | | leave everybody breathless. |
| from one side the roman walls that surround the heart | | | | Wonderful paintings and beautiful palaces from the |
| of the city between porta Borsari, porta Leoni and the | | | | Renaissance decorate the most important streets and |
| walls of Gallieno, from the other side the so-called | | | | squares. |
| internal ring road with some forts from the | | | | These are just some of the wonderful things you can |
| Renaissance era (completed under the Austrian | | | | admire in Verona. And don't forget that this city is also |
| occupancy). | | | | famous for the traditional generosity and courtesy of |
| Arrived in Piazza Bra' you can immediately admire the | | | | its people, for their commitment in the voluntary and |
| wonderful Roman amphitheater, the Arena, going on | | | | social fields. |
| you can also find the Roman Theatre, even more | | | | Verona is certainly a city and a whole territory full of |
| ancient than the amphitheater, right at the foot of the | | | | surprises to discover! |
| hill of Castel San Pietro. And then the Ponte Pietra | | | | |