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 Place of intercultural dialogue |
Vicolo Pozzo, 1 Verona 37129 Italy +39 45 59 6238 |
The African museum was founded by the Combonian missionaries in 1938 to give value to the materials which had been collected during their missions. The materials show the culture and daily life of the African populations. In 1996 the display area was radically changed. From a classical ethnographical museum, which stood out for its interesting but rather sterile displays, it was made into a centre for communication and intercultural dialogue. Thanks to radical restructuring and the use of modern multimedia techniques, the museum now offers a positive and unusual picture of the African continent. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Mosaics and sculptures |
Via Regaste Redentore, 2 Verona 37121 Italy +39 45 800 0360 |
This was once a monastery of St. Jerome that was founded in the fifteenth century. Since 1924, the archaelogical museum has been on this site. It was founded by Antonio Avena who provided a rich exhibition of finds from Roman Verona as well as examples of Greek and Etruscan civilisations. In the first room, the mosaic room, there are some mosaic remains with figures from 3 AD which stand out. These come from a Roman villa. There is also the "Fight of the Gladiators" from the 1 AD. The sculpture room is next; it is also known as the refectory. It is reached by a corridor along which there are various marble busts, including a "Menandro" which is a fourth century Roman copy of a Greek original. In the sculpture room there are many Veronese marble statues. Particularly of note is a Roman copy of a Greek statue of a woman, probably Fidia's "Sitting Aphrodite" or Alcamene's "The Aphrodite of the gardens". There is also a large sacred female statue. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Fossilised fish |
Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 9 Verona 37129 Italy +39 45 807 9400 |
The civic natural history museum is in the sixteenth century Palazzo Pompei, a masterpiece by Sanmicheli. The building was given to the town in 1854 by Count Alessandro Pompei for it to become an exhibition site for scientific and ethnographic collections, and for renaissance artifacts and art collections. Whilst there was a time when the natural collections were few in comparison to the rest, the collection grew quickly with the passage of time. There were problems of space and it was only in 1936 that the art collections were moved to other buildings. Palazzo Pompei became an exhibition space exclusively for natural science. At present, there are nineteen rooms in which you can see more than 2 million examples of the world's animals, plants, geology, paleontology and prehistory. The fossilized fish from Bolca are a major attraction. They are contained in a weir which is 45 million years old. There are also the finds from the lake-dwelling on Lake Garda. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 Built at the height of the Middle Ages |
Via S. Giovanni in Valle, 36 Verona 37121 Italy |
This church is at odds with the surrounding Gothic and Romanesque buildings. Its foundations are medieval even though it was built in Romanesque style in 1120, and restored after some damage was sustained during the second world war. The façade is in tuff with several windows and a fifteenth century marble portal with a suspended portico and a lunette adorned with a fresco by Stefano da Verona depicting the "Madonna con SS. Antonio Abate e Bartolomeo". Inside, the church is divided into three naves flanked by pillars. Once in the raised presbytery, which is accessible via a seventeenth century stairway, there are columns topped by Corinthian capitals as well as pillars. The ceiling is formed out of wooden trusses and the walls still hold some frescoes, though mostly damaged during the last world war. Open: 9a-8:30p Services: 6p Monday-Friday, 8:30p Saturday. Holidays: 9a, 11a. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 District of Medieval Verona |
Via Interrato dell'Acqua Morta Verona 37129 Italy |
The street takes its name from the canal which cut off the 'island', one of the most characteristic districts of Medieval Verona. This was where the 'radorali' or carpenters lived; it was an affluent area judging by the presence of houses full of frescoes. The Adige flood of 1883 irrevocably changed the area. Beautiful buildings were later constructed along the embankment, including, at the end of the nineteenth century, palaces with quarters that were rented out. Today, the Verona City Council has plans to re-develop the area using urban planning methods. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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On the water's edge |
Piazzetta S. Maria in Organo Verona 37129 Italy |
Once this church faced the waters of the Isolo and was accessible via a bridge. It was an ancient Benedictine abbey which dates back to the seventh century when it was outside Rome's protective circle. It became part of that area in the twelfth century and the monastery was passed into the hands of the Olivetans in 1444. They rebuilt the beautiful cloister which is now an elementary school. In the sixteenth century Sanmicheli added a white marble facade to the gothic-Romanesque structure. The inside had three cross-vaulted naves. The side naves have paintings dating back to 1500 and the apses subdivided by red marble columns with renaissance capitals. The Frescoes in the central nave are by Nicolo' Golfino and Francesco Caroto. The "Annunciation" by Cavazza and the "Strage degli innocenti del cavazza" upon the triumphal arch of the presbytery, are both worth a mention. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Church built over site of Roman temple |
Piazza Squaranto Pigozzo, 2 Verona 37129 Italy |
This building was erected in 1464 by the Benedictines. It was built over the site of a Roman temple. Some traces of the frescoes from the temple can still be seen in the church's interior. It was also built next to the tomb of two 8th century saints. The façade is Gothic in style, and is made of bricks. It has renaissance windows. Some pilaster strips which indicate the division into three naves inside, are visible on the façade. The three apses are in a cross formation while the naves are divided by Doric pillars which support Ionic pillars holding up the vault. There are five chapels with frescoes and canvases on each side. One of the apses contains a wonderful painting, "Saints John the Baptist, Benedict, Nazaro, and Celso", a fifteenth century work by Bartolomeo Montagna. He also signed the four scenes of the "Life of Saint Biagio" around the altar. The tomb of the two saints is behind the church, inside the "Giorgi" technical institute. It is not accessible to the public, and is dug into the mountainside. It is largely destroyed. The frescoes which decorated the tomb have been removed and are now in the Fresco Museum. The timigs are as follows: Open: 9a-6:30p. Services: 6:30p Weekdays. 9a, 10a, 11:30a, 6:30p Weekends. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Beautiful museum in centre |
Vicolo Pozzo,1 Verona, Verona 37129 Italy |
This is a permanent exhibition set up by the Combonians in 1938, to educate Europeans about the culture of the African people groups to whom missionaries were sent. Placards, multimedia materials and special displays tell the history of the continent's different populations and generic displays describe and contrast the fauna and flora, musical instruments, games and furnishings of Africa with those of Europe. The creativity of the African artists and the refined quality of their absolutely original arts is expressed through sculpture, musical instruments and jewelry. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 An example of classical severity |
Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 9 Verona 37129 Italy |
The civic museum of Natural Science is housed in this work of art. The collections are actually on display in the rooms of the Palazzo Lavezola Pompei, one of Michele Sanmicheli's most important constructions, with four of them being here in Verona. The building, which is a real masterpiece in terms of its strictly classical inspiration, was probably built after 1537 and most likely in 1550. Its original location would have been different and would not have enjoyed the shelter of the Porta Vittoria. The ground floor is in boss, or carved stone with six windows and the portal over which we find the upper floor called the 'piano nobile' with seven large windows in a balustrade arch with satyrs' heads in the keystones interspersed with golden semi-pillars. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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The steam train that is still puffing along |
Magazzino Centrale Logistico F.S. Porta Vescovo Porto S. Pancrazio Verona 37129 Italy |
Anyone who, as a child, has imagined travelling to distant worlds, on an old steam train, will not be able to resist the charms of Verona's railway museum. Examples of both modern and old rolling stock can be found on display in this museum with some of the pieces still in full working order. The miniature steam train is of particular interest as are scale models of locomotives, model carriages and cars and electric locomotives. One part of the museum is devoted to old uniforms and other railway memorabilia. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Splendid Renaissance garden |
Via Giardino Giusti, 2 Verona 37129 Italy +39 45 803 4029 |
The Giusti Garden contains all the features of a typical Renaissance garden: geometrical layout of flowerbeds and hedgerows, fountains, grottos, mask, mythological statues, avenues of cypresses and a maze. Mozart, Goethe, kings and emperors have all visited this garden, which, for four centuries has been one of the most beautiful and well-visited in the whole of the Veneto. The garden, designed by Agostino Giusti as a setting for the villa which bears his name, is made up of three sections: a lawn, a wooded hill with a ravine and cliff and landscaped terraces with a belvedere. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Church dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury |
Stradone S. Tomaso, 1 Verona 37129 Italy |
This church, begun in the first half of the 15th century and consecrated in 1504, was dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury by the Carmelites. The brick building has never been completed. It has a marble portal, made in 1493 by Angelo di Giovanni, who also carved the statues of the martial saints which adorn the church, and the rosette. It has a cone-shaped bell tower, with four pinacles at the side. The interior is made up of one nave, covered by trusses. The presbytery stands out as it is slightly raised and is preceded by three large arches, probably the work of Sanmicheli. The artist lived near the church and is buried in the right-hand wall. The sacresty leads into the cloisters which were once part of an Austrian barracks, also the seat of the military court for its prisons. Open: 9a-6p. Services: 6p Monday-Friday, 6p Saturday, 9a, 11a, noon, 6p Sunday. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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A modern fortress |
Piazzale Porta Vescovo Verona 37129 Italy |
Porta del Vescovo was built in 1520 and enlarged in 1860. It sits in a heavily fortified section of the Veronese walls, within which part of the Venetian Curtain, the Maddalene bastion (1527, altered in 1848), still remains. A gateway was open here by the Austrians to link the military section of Campo Fiore to the Porta Vescovo train station and the Campo Marzo bastion (now entirely covered with vegetation). To reach it one must pass the monumental cemetery towards Porta della Vittoria Nuova (1837). Further on one crosses the embankment of the San Francesco bridge, which takes its name from the bastion along the river built by Sanmicheli in 1551. The walls, were completely rebuilt in order to fend off any siege by troops armed with fire power. They are built to withstand artillery fire and their side elevations are such that they offer no shelter to attacking infantry; on the contrary the enemy would be subject to crossfire. Review © 2007, Wcities |