Verona View
The tower of Verona's Duomo and the bridge of Ponte Pietra seen from the convent above the Roman Theatre which houses the archaeological museum.
Verona’s Roman Theatre (Teatro Romano) sits to the north of the River Adige, across the water from the historical city centre.
Built in the first century BC, it was built over in the following centuries before being cleared and restored from 1830 onwards, with only the Church of Santi Siro e Libera left standing.
The theatre still holds plays and operas, while if you climb up through the seating you reach the Museo Archelogico in the buildings of an old convent, containing Greek, Roman and Etruscan finds.
Verona’s Duomo was consecrated in 1187, having been built on the site of an ancient Christian structure, and has served as one of the city’s many centres of religious devotion ever since.
It has been worked on for almost all of its 825-year history, with major restoration carried out in the 15th and 16th centuries and the bell tower added in 1927.
The interior is a mixture of architectural styles, from Romanesque in its lower levels to Gothic the higher up you go, which each chapel has its own individual feel.
There is a grand organ and artwork by the likes of Titian and Falconetto decorating the interior.
The Duomo is part of a larger cathedral complex with the churches of San Giovanni in Fonte and Sant’Elana, the latter built roughly over the location of a fourth-century basilica.
Recent restoration has involved the restoration of the frescoes and the lighting system.
Ponte Pietra (the Stone Bridge) is a Roman arch bridge crossing the River Adige to the north of the old city centre in Verona.
It was completed by the start of the first century BC and provided access from the city to the Roman Theatre on the slopes of Veronetta.
German soldiers destroyed much of the bridge as they fled at the end of the Second World War, with restoration taking place in 1957, using original materials.
Verona View
The tower of Verona's Duomo and the bridge of Ponte Pietra seen from the convent above the Roman Theatre which houses the archaeological museum.
Verona’s Roman Theatre (Teatro Romano) sits to the north of the River Adige, across the water from the historical city centre.
Built in the first century BC, it was built over in the following centuries before being cleared and restored from 1830 onwards, with only the Church of Santi Siro e Libera left standing.
The theatre still holds plays and operas, while if you climb up through the seating you reach the Museo Archelogico in the buildings of an old convent, containing Greek, Roman and Etruscan finds.
Verona’s Duomo was consecrated in 1187, having been built on the site of an ancient Christian structure, and has served as one of the city’s many centres of religious devotion ever since.
It has been worked on for almost all of its 825-year history, with major restoration carried out in the 15th and 16th centuries and the bell tower added in 1927.
The interior is a mixture of architectural styles, from Romanesque in its lower levels to Gothic the higher up you go, which each chapel has its own individual feel.
There is a grand organ and artwork by the likes of Titian and Falconetto decorating the interior.
The Duomo is part of a larger cathedral complex with the churches of San Giovanni in Fonte and Sant’Elana, the latter built roughly over the location of a fourth-century basilica.
Recent restoration has involved the restoration of the frescoes and the lighting system.
Ponte Pietra (the Stone Bridge) is a Roman arch bridge crossing the River Adige to the north of the old city centre in Verona.
It was completed by the start of the first century BC and provided access from the city to the Roman Theatre on the slopes of Veronetta.
German soldiers destroyed much of the bridge as they fled at the end of the Second World War, with restoration taking place in 1957, using original materials.