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194  THE VENE T O AREA B Y AREA

1 Verona

Verona is a vibrant city, the second biggest in the
Veneto region (after Venice) and one of the most
prosperous in northern Italy. A UNESCO World Heritage
Site, its ancient centre boasts many magnificent Roman
remains, second only to those of Rome itself, and
palazzi, built of rosso di Verona, the local pink-tinged
limestone, by the city’s medieval rulers. Verona has
two main focal points: the massive 1st-century AD
Arena and the Piazza Erbe with its colourful market,
separated by a maze of narrow lanes lined with some Verona as seen from the Museo Archeologico
of Italy’s most elegant boutiques.
ROVERETO
TRENTO
Verona’s rulers XXIV MAGGIO VIA G. MAMELI San Giorgio Stefano
Santo
VIA
In 1263 the Scaligeri Catena in Braida
Ponte
began their successful VIA FARINATA VITTORIO Museo VIA F O NTANA DEL FERRO
PIAZZA
UBERTI Archeologico
127-year rule of Verona. VENETO VIALE MILLE Sant' Ponte
They used ruthless VIA TOM M A S O D A V ICO VIA ANZANI Elena Pietra Teatro
tactics in their rise Ponte Duomo Romano
to power, earning Risorgimento VIA RISORGIMENTO VIA IV NOVEMBRE LUNG. CAMPAGNOLA Garibaldi VIA P. PIET R A Sant'
Ponte
nicknames like VIA GARIBALDI Anastasia
Mastino (“Mastiff”) and PESCHIERA San Zeno VIALE DELLA REPUBBLICA Santa Maria
in Organo
BRESCIA
Cangrande (“Big Dog”), MILANO Maggiore VIA DEL ERSAGLIESE S. Eufemia PIAZZA DEI Arche Scaligere Giardino
Santa Maria
SIGNORI
but once in power the Ponte PIAZZA DELLE Antica Giusti
Scaligeri family S. ZENO A di ge PIAZZA d. Vittoria ERBE Ponte
PIAZZA
Nuovo
brought peace to a city ARSENALE CORSO Giulietta V I A S . C H I A R A SALITA S. SEPOLCRO
Casa di
CAVOUR
racked by civil strife and Scaligero Arco dei VIA MAZZINI CAPPELLO VICENZA
Ponte
PADOVA
VIA
inter-family rivalry. They Gavi Arena Ponte V I A X X S E T T E M B R E VIA S. NAZARO VENEZIA
Navi
proved to be relatively VIC. LUNGO S. BERNARDINO Castelvecchio VIA ROMA PIAZZA San Fermo PIAZZALE
PORTA
Maggiore
VESCOVO
just and cultured rulers – Museu Lapidario BRA Museo Civico di
the poet Dante was Maffeiano Storia Naturale
welcomed to their court in STRADONE PORTA PALIO CITTADELLA
PIAZZA
1301–4 and dedicated his V I A M A R C ON I V. DEL PALLONE Ponte LUNGA PTA. VITTORIA V I A FRANCESCO TORBIDO
Paradise, the final part of PORTA V I A V A L V E R D E Aleardi
PALIO
the epic Divine Comedy, CORSO PORTA NUOVA V. DEL PONTIERE PIAZZALLE
CIMITERO
Cimitero
to Cangrande I. Zoologico PIAZZA VIA MONTANARI V IA B E R T O N I Monumentale
Giardino
Tomba
Verona fell to the Visconti of Aeroporto R. SIMONI di Giulietta
Milan in 1387, and a succession Villafranca V I A L E L U C I A N O D AL CE R O LUNGADIGE GALTAROSSA
14 km (9 miles)
of outsiders – Venice, France
and Austria – followed before PIAZZALE CIRC RAGGIO DI SOLE Adi ge
PORTA
the Veneto was united with the NUOVA V I A F. FA C C IO
Stazione
rest of Italy in 1866. Porta Nuova MANTOVA Ponte San
Francesco
BOLOGNA
0 metres 500
0 yards 500
Fruit and vegetable stall in a side street of old Verona
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