Verona and Garda Lake - VG1
Appian Line Milan
Rome
Italy
Fri, 12th September 2008 - Fri, 31st October 2008
Visit of the beautiful and romantic city of Romeo and Juliet the Roman Arena, Juliet's Balcony and the historical Centre. In Garda Area visit of Sirmione and Desenzano with their ruins and mosaics and extensive remains of a grand Roman villa.
The Arena is a roman amphitheater which hosted games where gladiators would fight each other or wild animals before a vast public that came from all over the territory. The Arena held around 30,000 spectators and had four main entrances, corresponding to its two axes.
The monumental gates, the walls and the fortification are testimony to the strategic importance of the city, well protected from external aggressions. Castelvecchio was built in the period 1354-1357 by Cangrande II of the ruling Della Scala family.It was intended both as a home and a defensive fortification.
Gavi Arch a four-sided arch built in the first part of the 1st century AD in honour of the Gavi family, important members of Veronese Roman society. This monument, entirely in local white limestone, bears two inscriptions with the name of its builder, architect Lucio Vitruvio Cerdone, a rare occurrence in the ancient world.
Church of St. Lorenzo is a Romanesque church dates back to 1117.
Church of SS. Apostoli and Sacellum (votive chapel) of SS. Tosca and Teuteria is a paleochristian church dates back to the early 12th century, but it was continually added to until the 18th century.
Piazza delle Erbe was the Forum, the centre of city life during Roman times, it has continued to fill this same role for centuries. Here are the 14th century Gardello Tower and the baroque Palazzo Maffei; the courtyard of the Palazzo del Comune (built in the 12th century) and the Lamberti Tower with its suggestive panoramic views over the city; the loggia by Fra' Giocondo (1476-1493).
Piazza dei Signori and Scavi Scaligeri, (Scaligeri tombs); Juliet’s House originally dating back to the 12th century and the Basilica Of San Fermo Maggiore, dedicated to Saints Fermo and Rustico, early 6th century martyrs, the basilica was given to the Benedictines in the 10th century and completely rebuilt in Cluniac style, in the period 1065-1143.
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Fridays @ 7.30am
Visit of the beautiful and romantic city of Romeo and Juliet the Roman Arena, Juliet's Balcony and the historical Centre. In Garda Area visit of Sirmione and Desenzano with their ruins and mosaics and extensive remains of a grand Roman villa.
The Arena is a roman amphitheater which hosted games where gladiators would fight each other or wild animals before a vast public that came from all over the territory. The Arena held around 30,000 spectators and had four main entrances, corresponding to
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