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Venezia is not far away

Venice / Venezia is not far away from Verona and so you will be able to get also some of the really beautiful masks for the carnevale di Venezia there.
I saw this one in Piazza dell Erbe, in the centre of the square. They are certainly not really a cheap souvenir, but for sure a perfect and precious work of art sometimes.
Click on my picture and see the special expression that these masks mostly have, a kind of melancholy

Directions: I saw the stand with the masks from Venice in the centre of piazza dell erbe.

Portoni della Bra & Museo Maffeiano Portani della Bra Review

"Portoni della Bra" is the name of this huge gate of the medival wall next to Piazza Bra.For me it is always again amazing to see such a wall that remained almost unchanged since 800 years now and is still able to cooperate with our modern cartrafic...
Museo Maffeiano is the oldest lapidarium / museum of inscriptions in Europe. It is dating back to the 18th century and you will find it when you walk a passage under the arcade of the Filarmonico. (thanks a lot Boris / croisbeauty for these informations !)

Directions: This place is in the south-west-end of Piazza Bra.

4 saints watching over Piazza dell Erbe Piazza delle Erbe Review

I never saw such a lovely single column at any other place in Italy, BUT in Verona I saw the one in Via mazzini and this one at the south-east-end of the Piazza dell Erbe. And they are almost alike, at least by their structure and architecture.
In the back of my picture you will also see a good example of one of the high traditional buildings in the very centre of Verona, where the space was limited and so they had to enlarge the building towards to sky.

Address: Piazza dell Erbe

Directions: This beautiful column is built on Piazza dell Erbe, where Via Capello will start and take you to "Casa di Giulietta"

4 saints watching over Via Mazzini Piazza Bra Review

There is this small column right in the middle of the street, where Via Mazzini starts on Piazza Bra and high above the ground you will see the sculptured reliefs of 4 saints watching over the people passing by.
I could not find any explanations about it in my books, but still I think it is worth to take a closer look.

Address: Via Mazzini / Piazza bra

Directions: This column is still on Piazza bra, but also at the very beginning of Via Mazzini, just opposite of the famous Arena di Verona.

A great fresco in Via Mazzini / Piazza Bra Piazza Bra Review

Don't oversee this great fresco in the very beginning of Via Mazzini and at the same time still facing Piazza Bra. Most of the colors have faded away unfortunately, but still you will see some great details of that very special work of art.
For me such small sights along my way through an old town are somehow more important than some of the tourist-traps everybody is going to...

Address: Via Mazzini / Piazza Bra

Directions: This great fresco is to be found at the very beginning of Via Mazzini next to Piazza Bra

the outside walls of the arena Arena Review

At most places you will not see the outside walls of the arena any more, as it was destroyed in an earthquake plenty of centuries ago and the inhabitants from Verona took away the stones to build and restore their own houses..
There is only a small part of the outside-facade left and you may see it on my picture. It simply was a seperate wall with walking-arcades for the visitors.

Address: Piazza Bra / Via Mazzini

Directions: You may see this part of the Arena in the north-west corner of the Piazza Bra, at the beginning of Via Mazzini

Teatro Romano & San Pietro Teatro Romano - Roman Theatre Review

Teatro Romano & San Pietro and the area around of it is a great scenery, that you will see from Ponte Nuovo not very far from Piazza del Erbe. The hill at San Pietro had settlements already at Roman times and today it is mainly famous for a perfect place to see the panorama of Verona.
The Roman theatre dates back to the old Roman empire and is unfortunately in a bad condition today.

Directions: In order to take a picture from this place, walk Via Nizza to the very end, where Ponte Nuovo crosses the river Adige / Etsch.

The italian poet Berto Barbarani Piazza delle Erbe Review

There is a monument for the italian poet Berto Barbarani (1872-1945) at the beginning of Via Capello / at the south-east-end of Piazza Erbe.
When you see his statue, you are sure to have found the right side-street leading you towards the famous balcony of Juliet / Giulietta. From the statue it is just about 200 meters - during the day follow the crowds of tourists !!

Address: Verona / Via Capello

Directions: This monument is at the beginning of Via Capello & at the south-east-end of Piazza Erbe.

Palazzo dei Tribunali - facing Piazza Dante Piazza dei Signori - Piazza Dante Review

Palazzo dei Tribunali is another interesting building facing Piazza Dante. In the innercourt you may see 2 round areas, covered by glass, where you woll be able to look down to a lower level of the ground with foundations and a mosaique of the roman times.
The Palazzo dei Tribunali dates back to the year 1365, but the only remains of that time is the high tower you may see on my picture.

Address: Piazza Dante / Piazza dei Signori

Directions: Palazzo dei Tribunali is the first entrance on the left from Piazza Dante seen from the Salligeri tombs.

Loggia del Consiglio at Piazza Dante Piazza dei Signori - Piazza Dante Review

The Loggia del Consiglio is another one of the interesting sights on Piazza Dante / Piazza dei Signori. There are great frescos and sculptures on these arcades that date back to 1476.
The sculptures on to of the building show the poets Plinius the elder and Catull, Aemelius Macer, a famous lawer, the architect Vitruv and the historian Cornelius Nepos.
On the right of my picture you will see the winged lion of the entrance-gate of Palazzo del Governo.

Address: Piazza dei Signori / Piazza Dante

Directions: The lovely Loggia del Consiglio is directely at Piazza Dante, next to Palazzo del Governo.