The church of San Zeno in Oratorio, also known as the church of San Zenetto, is located near Castelvecchio. It is a small Romanesque church, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1117, then rebuilt and enlarged during the fourteenth...
Romanic parish built in the Lombard era (7th – 8th centuries). The church, cloister and collegiate church (12th century) rise alongside the residences of the kings Theodoric (6th century) and Berengarius (9th century), of which the surrounding...
Porta Nuova was built between 1532 and 1540, designed by architect Michele San Micheli and by the General Captain of the Church Francesco Maria Della Rovere. Sanmicheli also made Porta Palio and Porta San Zeno, examples of Renaissance...
Located in the middle of important communication routes, Verona's increased its importance as strategic geographical location under a military perspective.
Due to this, between 1854 and 1861, the Austrians decided to build a large arsenal,...
The Civic Library is the second richest and the most illustrious library in Verona, after the Capitolare one: it conserves 700 thousand books and printed pamphlets, 8,000 sixteenth century books, 3,500 manuscripts and 1,200 incunabula, as well...
The convent complex of San Francesco al Corso dates to the thirteenth century. In 1935, Antonio Avena, director of the civic museums, opened to the public the so-called “tomb of Juliet”. This site, according to legend, is where the sarcophagus...
Porta Vescovo , whose name derives from the toll that was once collected in the name of the bishop, is the perfect combination of military security needs and precise aesthetic norms .
Erected in 1520 under the direction of Commander Teodoro...
Palazzo Barbieri is a neoclassical building designed by the engineer Giuseppe Barbieri, who was also the author of the Monumental Cemetery. The construction began in 1836 and was completed in 1848. During the Austrian occupation the building was...
The Abbey of San Zeno was built in the ninth century on the remains of a pre-existing monastery, whose origins date back to the fourth century. Today just the tower of the abbey and some of cloisters that are now part of the basilica of San Zeno...
Porta San Zeno was built in 1542 and designed by Michele Sanmicheli who also designed Porta Nuova and Porta Palio, examples of Renaissance architecture in the city.
For economic reasons the result is a rather simple building, with a limited...