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wine fair; Jun–Aug: Estate Teatrale
Ponte Scaligero, part of the old defence system of Castelvecchio Veronese; Nov: International
Horse Fair. ∑ turismoverona.it
serene idealism. The late T Ponte Scaligero Transport
Renaissance works include This medieval bridge was built k Villafranca 14 km (9 miles) SW.
several 15th-century Madonnas. by Cangrande II between 1354 V @ Piazzale 25 Aprile.
Jewellery, armour, swords and and 1376. Such is the Veronese
Veronese’s Deposition (1565) are affection for the bridge that it
also on display. was rebuilt after the retreating Colosseum and the amphi-
A walkway offers views of Germans blew it up in 1945, theatre at Santa Maria Capua
the River Adige, the Ponte an operation that involved Vetere, near Naples. It could
Scaligero and the 14th-century dredging the river to salvage hold almost the entire
statue of Cangrande I the masonry. The bridge leads population of Roman Verona,
ROVERETO from his tomb from Castelvecchio to the and visitors came from across
ROVERETO
TRENTO
TRENTO
(see p148). Arsenal on the north bank, the Veneto to watch gladiatorial
fronted by public gardens. combats. Since then, the arena
San Giorgio
San Giorgio
S. Stefano
in Braida
VIA G. MAMELI
VIA G. MAMELI
VIA
PontePonte XXIV MAGGIO in Braida S. Stefano has seen executions, fairs, bull-
VIA
Catena Catena R San Lorenzo
PIAZZA PIAZZA Museo Museo VIA FO N T ANA DEL FERRO VIA FO N T ANA DEL FERRO fights and opera productions.
XXIV MAGGIO
VIA FARINATA
VIA FARINATA
Archeologico
UBERTI UBERTI Archeologico
VENETO VENETO Sant' Sant' Corso Cavour 28. Tel 045 805 00 00.
VITTORIO VIALE MILLE
VITTORIO VIALE MILLE
Elena Elena
VIA ANZANI PontePonte Museo Museo Open daily. Closed during mass. & R San Fermo Maggiore
VIA ANZANI
Africano
Pietra Pietra
Africano
VIA IV
Duomo
VIA IV
VIA P. PIE T R A
PontePonte
PontePonte LUNGADIGE CAMPAGNOLA LUNGADIGE CAMPAGNOLA Duomo Teatro Teatro San Lorenzo is one of Verona’s Stradone San Fermo. Tel 045 59 28 13.
Romano
Romano
Garibaldi
Risorgimento Garibaldi VIA GARIBALDI VIA P. PIE T R A Sant' Sant' lesser-known churches, but is Open daily (pm only Sun). & ^
Risorgimento
VIA TOMM A S O D A VICO
VIA TOMM A S O D A VICO
Anastasia
PESCHIERA
PESCHIERA VIALE DELLA REPUBBLICA Anastasia VIA SCALA SANTA VIA SCALA SANTA one of the city’s most beautiful. San Fermo Maggiore is not one
BRESCIA San Zeno Tombs of Built in 1117 on the remains of but two churches: this is most
BRESCIA
San Zeno
VIA GARIBALDI
VIA RISORGIMENTO NOVEMBRE
VIA RISORGIMENTO NOVEMBRE
VIALE DELLA REPUBBLICA
MILANO
MILANO Maggiore S. Eufemia PIAZZA DEI SIGNORI Tombs of Giardino
PIAZZA DEI
Maggiore
the Scaligeri
S. Eufemia
the Scaligeri
Giardino
SIGNORI
Ponte Nuovo
PontePonte PIAZZA PIAZZA Ponte Nuovo VIA G. VIA G. Giusti Giusti a Paleo-Christian basilica, the clearly seen from the outside,
where the apse has pointed
Romanesque exterior, with
ERBE ERBE
CARDUCCI
VIA P. S. ZENO
D. Vittoria
PIAZZA PIAZZA PIAZZA PIAZZA D. Vittoria Casa di CARDUCCI
Casa di
VIA P. S. ZENO
S. ZENO S. ZENO A di ge ARSENALE San San Giulietta S ALITA S. SEPOLCRO alternate strips of stone and Gothic elements rising above
ARSENALE
CORSO CAVOUR
Giulietta
VIA DEL BERSAGLIESE
VIA DEL BERSAGLIESE
Lorenzo
PontePonte Lorenzo VIA VIA S. CHIA R A VICENZA
Scaligero
S ALITA S. SEPOLCRO
Scaligero CORSO CAVOUR VIA MAZZINI MAZZINI VIA CAPPELLO VIA CAPPELLO VICENZA bricks, is typical of Veronese a sturdy Romanesque base.
PADOVA
PADOVA
VIA S. CHIA R A
VENEZIA
VIA S. NAZARO
Arena Arena San Fermo PontePonte V I A X X S E T T E M B R E B R E VIA S. NAZARO VENEZIA churches. The bell tower dates The lower church, begun in 1065
Navi Navi
PIAZZALE
V I A X X S E T T E M
PIAZZALE
RIGASTE .S. ZENO
A di ge RIGASTE .S. ZENO
San Fermo
PORTA PORTA
Maggiore
Castelvecchio
Castelvecchio VIA ROMA PIAZZA PIAZZA Palazzo del Maggiore VESCOVO VESCOVO to the 15th century and inside by Benedictine monks on the
T O R B I D O
T O R B I D O
BRA BRA
VIA ROMA
site of an earlier sanctuary, has
there are some 13th-century
Palazzo del
STRADONE PORTA PALIO V I A M A R C ONI Palazzo della PIAZZA PIAZZA Municipale A dig e LUNGA PTA. VITTORIA A dig e LUNGA PTA. VITTORIA frescoes. The church features frescoes on the simple arcades.
STRADONE PORTA PALIO
V I A M A R C ONI Palazzo della
Municipale
VIC. LUNGO S. BERNARDINO
Gran Guardia
Gran Guardia
VIC. LUNGO S. BERNARDINO
F R A N C E S C O
The more impressive upper
two unusual cylindrical towers.
CITTADELLA
CITTADELLA
V. DEL P
V. DEL P
V I A V A L V E R D E
PontePonte
PORTA PORTA V I A V A L V E R D E Aleardi Aleardi F R A N C E S C O church dates from 1313 and
V. DEL PONTIERE ALLONE
PIAZZALLE
PALIO PALIO V. DEL PONTIERE ALLONE PIAZZALLE V I A V I A 0 metres 500 T Arena is covered with a splendid
CIMITERO
CIMITERO
Cimitero
PIAZZA PIAZZA CORSO PORTA NUOVA CORSO PORTA NUOVA VIA MONTANA R I VIA MONTANA VI A B E R TO N I R I VI A B E R TO N I GALTAROSSA GALTAROSSA Cimitero 0 yards 500 Piazza Brà. Tel 045 800 32 04. Open ship’s keel roof. The interior also
8:30am–7:30pm daily (from 1:30pm
Monumentale
R. SIMONI
R. SIMONI Tomba Tomba Monumentale boasts much medieval fresco
Aeroporto di Giulietta
Aeroporto
Villafranca
Villafranca di Giulietta Mon, last adm: 1 hr before closing. work, including a 14th-century
14 km (9 miles) V I A L E L U C I A N O DA L C ER O Sights at a Glance Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec; Jun–Aug: from section by Stefano da Zevio.
14 km (9 miles)
PIAZZALE
PIAZZALE CIRC RAGGIO DI SOLE LUNGADIGE LUNGADIGE 1 San Zeno Maggiore (pp150–51) mid-afternoon on performance days. Nearby is the Brenzoni mauso-
PORTA PORTA
CIRC RAGGIO DI SOLE
V I A L E L U C I A N O DA L C ER O
NUOVA NUOVA & 7 partial. ∑ arena.it
V I A F. F A 2 Castelvecchio leum (c.1440) by Giovanni di
V I A F. F A C C I O C C I O
PontePonte
San San 3 Ponte Scaligero Completed in AD 30, this is the Bartolo, and above it a 1426
Francesco
Stazione
Stazione Francesco world’s third-largest Roman fresco of the Annunciation
Porta Nuova
Porta Nuova 4 San Lorenzo
MANTOVA, amphitheatre, after Rome’s by Pisanello (1377–1455).
MANTOVA,
BOLOGNA 5 Arena
BOLOGNA
6 Tomba di Giulietta
7 San Fermo Maggiore
8 Casa di Giulietta
9 Piazza Erbe
0 Piazza dei Signori
q Tombs of the Scaligeri
w Sant’Anastasia
e Duomo
r San Giorgio in Braida
t Teatro Romano
y Museo Archeologico
u Giardino Giusti The 11th-century apse of the lower church of San Fermo Maggiore
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