Located in the
Veneto region in Northern Italy, Verona is only half an hour’s drive from
Lake Garda, one of the country’s most beautiful lakes. It is also surrounded, to the north and east, by the hilly landscapes of the famous
Valpolicella and
Soave wine districts.
Known by most for its Roman amphiteatre, the
Arena, one of Italy’s largest and the home of its annual
summer opera festival, Verona also boasts one of Italy’s finest
Romanesque churches as well as one of the country’s most beautiful
Renaissance gardens. The city’s
old castle,
Castelvecchio, is a famous attraction in its own right too, built by the powerful
della Scala family in the Middle Ages and restored in the 20th century by world-famous architect
Carlo Scarpa.
Arguably, however, the reason behind Verona’s thriving tourist industry has less to do with architecture or history than with literature - William Shakespeare’s romantic and tragic play about the young lovers
Romeo and Juliet is set in the city, and such is the power and resonance of this story that every year a stream of tourists flocks to Verona to visit the famous
courtyard and
balcony at Casa Giulietta (
Juliet’s House) on Via Cappello in the Old Town.
Nor does Shakespeare represent the only important literary link with the city. When
Dante Alighieri, author of The Divine Comedy, was forced to flee his hometown Florence in the early 14th century, he was welcomed and protected by the Veronese noble lord Can Grande della Scala. Piazza dei Signori, where Can Grande’s palace stood, is sometimes called
Piazza Dante, and there is a statue of the famous poet on this square.
Verona is a lively city with the
Old Town, framed by the
River Adige to the north, east and west, as the picturesque center for cultural activities,
tourism,
shopping and
nightlife. You will find most of the best
restaurants here too. For its inland location Verona has surprisingly good fish and seafood restaurants, but at the heart of the Veronese culinary tradition are hearty dishes with boiled meat as an essential ingredient - some of which include
horse meat.
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