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Verona (/ v ə ˈ r oʊ n ə / və-ROH-nə; Italian: ⓘ; Venetian: Verona or Veròna) is a city on the River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. [3] It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city municipality in the region and in northeastern Italy .
Verona was founded in a place, the San Pietro hill, whose choice was propitiated by favorable natural conditions: the hill was easily defensible from external attacks, while the banks of the Adige could be dangerous, as the river exposed the surrounding areas to annual flooding; in addition, the relief was located at the end of the Adige valley, the main route of communication with the peoples ...
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.
Verona attracts many tourists, and the Casa di Giulietta (Juliet Capulet's villa in the play) is an important local visitor attraction. [ 2 ] Due to its historic importance, the province boasts a large number of castles, towers, hermitages, monasteries, sanctuaries, and old Romanesque parishes.
Verona has always played a strategic role due to its geographical location at the crossroads of numerous communication routes. Because of this position, it was perfectly poised to become the main stronghold of the Lombardy-Venetia Kingdom; it thus became the pivotal point of the so-called “Quadrilateral,” which was set up around 1850: the Scaliger city, well protected by the nearby ...
The façade is divided into three parts, with a pediment and a two storied projecting porch or protiro embellished with sculpture, which is the work of the twelfth-century sculptor Nicholaus, who also executed and signed the entranceway at the abbey church of San Zeno, also in Verona, and Ferrara Cathedral.
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The emperors also often used, at least since the descent of Otto I of Saxony in 969, the Benedictine monastery of San Zeno as a place to stay. [ 9 ] By the end of the 12th century, however, the monastery's downward spiral began despite attempts by Abbot Gerard (1163-1187) and Abbot Hugh (1187-1199) to secure its former prestige.