Venice is also the cityof bridges that connect one building to another overlooking thevarious canals of the city. Among the most famous bridges there is certainly the Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto), one of the four bridges that crosses the Grand Canal (Canal Grande). Built in 1255 (a pontoon bridge was…
The first settlements were from Roman times along the Postumia road. The ancient village, however, was founded in the Lombard period by a tribe of Swabians from which the name “Suaves”, “Suevi” which later became…
Custoza is a fraction of the Municipality of Sommacampagna in the province of Verona which rises on the former Roman Postumia road that connected the Upper Adriatic from Genoa near the city of Aquileia. Inaugurated…
The oldest part of the Scaligero Castle of Valeggio was almost completely razed to the ground by the earthquake of 1117 which struck much of northern Italy. In 1345 Mastino II della Scala began the restoration and construction work…
Piazza delle Erbe is the oldest square in Verona that rises above the remains of the ancient Roman Forum. In Roman times it was the center of political and economic…
The Bra Square is the largest square in Verona. It owes its name to the term “braida” which in Lombard language means wide. In Bra Square there are many monuments from different eras: The Verona Arena is a Roman amphitheater from the 1st century AD. During the summer, the Arenian Opera Festival is held inside it, inaugurated in 1913 with GiuseppeVerdi’s Aida. The “Palazzo della Grand Guardia”, from…