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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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Of the many buildings that were erected at the dawn of Christianity in Verona, not many vestiges remain; among the first is the early Christian basilica that was built in the fourth century at the present-day Verona cathedral complex, whose archaeological remains still survive and can be admired inside the church of St. Helena, particularly the notable mosaic floors.
Verona Airport "Valerio Catullo" is located in Villafranca di Verona. Verona Airport and Brescia Airport "Gabriele D'Annunzio" constitute the "Garda's Airport System." [citation needed] Air Dolomiti, a regional airline and Lufthansa subsidiary, maintains its head office in Dossobuono, Villafranca di Verona. [4]
The ruins recently uncovered by archaeologists represent one of the city’s less fortunate temples, officials said. All that remains of the roughly 2,400-year-old temple are its outline, steps ...
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.