2H30’ – Walking tour
With its remarkable Arena, the third-biggest Roman amphitheatre in Italy and the city emblem that in summertime becomes the stage for important shows, concerts and operas, Verona is also known worldwide as the city of lovers. It is, in fact, the city of Romeo and Juliet : see Juliet’s house with its famous balcony telling the tragic love story by William Shakespeare.
UNESCO World Heritage site since 2000, Verona is a wonderful exemplar of urban, artistic and architectonic integration of the different historical ages in the last 2000 years.
Square Erbe is the best example: architecture from the Roman, Medieval and Renaissance periods harmoniously fits in the period of the Della Scala Family and the palaces of the 19th-Century
Not far away, Square dei Signori, Verona’s drawing room, is another example of perfect historical stratification, adorned by the monument dedicated to Dante Alighieri.
Near the Adige River, other remarkable buildings from the Roman and Scaliger periods : the fortress of Castelvecchio, now housing the Civic Museum, the Scaliger Bridge and the Scaliger Arches, tombs built for the lords of Verona.
Several religious buildings of remarkable architectural and artistic interest are also well worth visiting : the Duomo, the Basilica of San Zeno Maggiore, a Romanesque church and the Basilica of San Fermo Maggiore, consisting of two overlapping Romanesque structures
OPTIONAL ADMISSION TICKETS, not included:
Arena
Duomo
San Zeno