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The Monuments
The "Ponte di Pietra", "Arco dei Gavi", "Porta
Borsari", "Porta dei Leoni" and especially the
Roman theatre are the most important and best
kept monuments of the Roman period in Italy,
after the ones in Rome. Also the religious
heritage is particularly rich: the ancient
churches of St. Lorenzo and St. Stefano, the
cathedral of St. Maria Matricolare, the big
churches of St. Zeno and St. Stefano and many
others.
The Arena is the symbol of the city:
roman amphitheatre of the I century a.C. it has
an elliptical form and its major axis measures
138 metres. During the Roman period about 22.000
used to watch the gladiators fight; in the
following centuries all kinds of performances
were held there: ballets, jousts, tournaments…
In 1913 it opened its first Opera Season and is
still nowadays the stage of an important
Opera Summer Season.
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The Scaligeri Segnory
Verona has also been the city of the Scaligeri Segnory and, from the city-state period, there are many fascinating signs. First of all, the Walls, “Castelvecchio” and the “Ponte Scaligero”. In “Piazza dei Signori” there are the signs of the Dalla Scala’ Segnory, such as the Palace built by Cancrande, the residence of the other Lords, the “Palazzo della Ragione” and the “Arche Scaligere", the monumental tombs of the Dalla Scala’s family. In lively “Piazza delle Erbe”, nowadays place of the town market, Palaces of different ages overlook the “Dalla Madonna Verona” fountain with a roman statue of the I century a.C.
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