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Verona Cathedral Verona Cathedral The Verona Cathedral is a complex of buildings consisting of the main church, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, the church of St. John in Fonte, formerly a baptistery, the church of St. Helena, and the Chapter Library, one of the oldest libraries in the world and among the most important of its kind in Europe.
The city of Verona was, since ancient times, a strategic location for the control of the transalpine routes that connected the Po Valley with central Europe via the Adige Valley. The temporary occupation of the city in 102-101 B.C. by the Cimbri revealed for the first time in the eyes of the Roman Senate the importance of the control and ...
Porta Leoni (Gate of the Lions) is an ancient Roman gate in Verona, northern Italy. The gate was built during the Roman Republic by P. Valerius, Q. Caecilius, Q. Servilius and P. Cornelius, and restructured in imperial times. It was connected to the road which led to Bologna and Aquileia. Photo by Paolo Monti (1972). Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC.
Italy ratified the convention on June 23, 1978. [3] As of 2024, Italy has 60 listed sites, making it the state party with the most World Heritage Sites, just above China . [3] [4] The first site in Italy, the Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, was listed at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairo and Luxor, Egypt, in 1979. [5]
Castelvecchio and the Castelvecchio Bridge. Castelvecchio (Italian: "Old Castle") is a castle in Verona, northern Italy.It is the most important military construction of the Scaliger dynasty that ruled the city in the Middle Ages.
The Arco dei Gavi is an ancient structure in Verona, northern Italy, situated at the beginning of the Via Postumia, just outside the Roman walls of the city. Built to celebrate the gens Gavia , a noble Roman family who had their hometown in Verona, the Arco dei Gavi is a very rare example of a privately funded monumental Roman arch.