Verona

Verona is a city of 260 thousand¹ and a metropolitan population of 714 thousand² within its own province located on the Adige River in the Veneto Region of northeastern Italia.³ The tallest building is the Torre dei Lamberti (276 feet, 1464).⁴ UNESCO honors the city as a World Heritage Site. From the Roman era are gates, a theatre and the Ampitheatre Arena Verona. The medieval era is represented by the duomo⁵ (rebuilt in the 12 the century and then added to since). From the Renaissance era are the piazzas (plazas) delle Erbe and dei Signori and their fronting buildings that include: the palazzos (palaces) del Commune and del Governo; the Loggia del Consiglio; Arche Scaligere; and Domus Nova.⁶

External references

Ampitheatre Arena, Verona city, Verona Province, Veneto Region, Italia

Footnotes

1. 2011 figure from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Italy, accessed February 16, 2017.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verona, accessed December 27, 2017.
3. Italy in English.
4. Emporis.com, accessed December 27, 2017. The Verona Telecommunications Tower rises to 344 feet. The Torrecento office building is planned to reach 328 feet.
5. A duomo is a present or former cathedral.
6. UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (Firefly Books, 2010). Emporis.com says the duomo's construction ended in 1925.