Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Verona, Italy

The African Museum of Verona is an anthropological museum dedicated to the peoples and cultures of Africa. It was created, and is still managed, by the Comboni Missionaries, and exhibits material from the missions. In addition to the fixed exhibitions, the Museum offers a library and film library service, and hosts events and meetings on issues related to African peoples.

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San Giovanni in Valle is a Romanesque-style, Catholic church located on the street of the same name in Verona, region of Veneto, Italy.

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The archaeological museum at the Roman theater is a large museum complex located in the Veronetta district of Verona, near the bend of the Adige river; it consists of Palazzo Fontana, which serves as the entrance to the large area, the archaeological site of the Roman theater of Verona and the museum itself, located in the fifteenth-century convent of the Gesuati.

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The church of Saints Siro and Libera is a Catholic place of worship located in the Veronetta district of Verona, within the archaeological site where the Roman theater and the museum of the same name are located; it is part of the diocese of Verona.

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The Treasury barracks of Castel San Pietro or more simply Castel San Pietro, originally called Aerarialcasernen Castel San Pietro, is a military building located on the San Pietro hill in Verona, in an elevated point and characterized by a wide panoramic view of the city of Verona, and for this reason a privileged destination for tourists and Veronese who can also reach the square in front of the castle via the Castel San Pietro funicular. The building was designed by the Austrian k.k. Genie-Direktion Verona stationed in the city and built between 1852 and 1858, when the remains of the curtain wall of the pre-existing castle, built at the end of the fourteenth century, were also restored.

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Santa Maria in Organo is a Roman Catholic church in Verona, Northern Italy.

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The sculpture The Barbed Wire Thorn is a bronze work of the twenty-first century located in Piazza Isolo in Verona.

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The church of San Tomaso Becket, commonly known as the church of San Tomaso Cantuariense, is a church situated in the central Verona, near the Ponte Nuovo del Popolo.

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The chiesa di Sant'Anastasia, or the Basilica of Saint Anastasia is a church built by the Dominican Order in Verona, northern Italy. In Gothic style, it is the largest church in the city, located in its most ancient district, near the Ponte Pietra.

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AMO or Arena MuseOpera, is a museum in Verona dedicated to opera and located in Palazzo Forti.

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The Palazzo del Vescovado, or Bishop's Palace, is a building that is part of the architectural complex of the cathedral of Verona, seat of the diocese of Verona.

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The baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte, also simply called the church of San Giovanni in Fonte, is a Catholic place of worship located in the heart of the historic center of Verona, adjacent to the Cathedral; it is part of the diocese of Verona.

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The church of Sant'Elena, formerly the church of Saints George and Zeno, is a Catholic place of worship located in the heart of the historic center of Verona, adjacent to the Cathedral; it is part of the diocese of Verona.

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Verona Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Verona, northern Italy, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the designation Santa Maria Matricolare. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Verona.

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The Canonical Museum is set up in the architectural complex of the Cathedral of Verona and can be accessed from Piazza Duomo. In it there are collections of archaeological materials from pre-existing Roman buildings and early Christian basilicas, sacred furnishings and valuable sculptures and paintings dating from the twelfth to the nineteenth century.

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The Miniscalchi Erizzo building is a civil building located in the heart of the historic center of Verona, located on the corner of Via San Mammaso, along which the medieval part of the building stands, and Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, where the courtyard of honor and the nineteenth-century extension open. Since 1990 the building has been open to the public and transformed into a house-museum, with the name of Miniscalchi-Erizzo Museum Foundation.

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The Mazzanti houses are a group of terraced buildings that overlook the north-east side of Piazza delle Erbe in Verona, characterized by facades frescoed in the sixteenth century by Alberto Cavalli, a pupil of the most famous Renaissance architect and painter Giulio Romano.

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The Lion of Saint Mark, representing Mark the Evangelist, pictured in the form of a winged lion, is an aspect of the Tetramorph. On the pinnacle of St Mark's Cathedral he is depicted as holding a Bible, and surmounting a golden lion which is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Venetian Republic.

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The Loggia del Consiglio, also known as the Loggia di Fra Giocondo from the name of the humanist friar Giovanni Giocondo, who for a long time was believed to be the designer of the building, is a significant episode in Veronese architecture of the second half of the fifteenth century. The loggia, which is located in Piazza dei Signori, in the heart of Verona, was a representative building commissioned by the leaders of the Municipality for the sessions of the Fatherland Council, and is currently the seat of the offices of the Province of Verona.

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Piazza dei Signori is a city square in Verona, Italy.

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The Scaliger Tombs is a group of five Gothic funerary monuments in Verona, Italy, celebrating the Scaliger family, who ruled in Verona from the 13th to the late 14th century.

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Santa Maria Antica is a Roman Catholic church in Verona, Italy. The current church is Romanesque in style and dates to 1185, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1117 destroyed the original building that dated back to the end of the period of Lombard domination in the 7th century. The only surviving remains of the 7th-century building is a fragment of black and white mosaic floor.

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The Scavi Scaligeri international photography center is an underground exhibition space that was created within an archaeological site that came to light between 1981 and 1983, in which photographic exhibitions were hosted since 1996, as well as thematic workshops, educational itineraries, photography courses, shows and readings. The exhibition activities were suspended on 11 May 2015 to allow the restoration of the Palazzo del Capitanio; In the meantime, the promotion of photography continues within the other city museums, waiting for the reopening of the center.

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Juliet's House is a medieval civil building located in Via Cappello in Verona, a short distance from the central Piazza delle Erbe. It is one of the Shakespearean places in Verona, together with Juliet's tomb and Romeo's house, linked to the universal and positive ideal of love and for this reason it has become the destination of a secular and popular pilgrimage, so much so that it is the most visited monument in the city.

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The church of Santa Maria della Scala is a Catholic place of worship located in the historic center of Verona, a few steps from Via Mazzini; it is part of the diocese of Verona.

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The synagogue of Verona is a Jewish place of worship located in the heart of the historic center of Verona, not far from Piazza delle Erbe, in the area where the ancient ghetto of Verona was located.

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Piazza delle Erbe is a square in Verona, northern Italy. It was once the town's forum during the time of the Roman Empire.

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The Gardello Tower is a medieval structure located in Verona, near the central Piazza delle Erbe.

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The Capitolium of Verona was a complex that was part of the area of the Forum of the Roman city, corresponding to today's Piazza delle Erbe. Parts of the cryptoporticus are visible and can be visited under the loggia of Corte Sgarzerie, in the crypt of the church of San Benedetto al Monte and under Palazzo Maffei.

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The church of San Giovanni in Foro in Verona, is located on Corso Magenta, near the Piazza Erbe, the site of the ancient Roman Forum on Corso Porta Borsari. A church at this site was gravely damaged during the fire that swept medieval Verona in 1172. During restorations in the early 1900s, it was found that Roman walls had been incorporated into the external walls of the church. The base of the bell-tower dates from the 14th century. The renaissance portal of the church was sculpted by Gerolamo Giolfino with statues of Saints John the Evangelist, Peter, and John the Baptist. The fresco in the niche depicting St John was completed by Nicola Giolfino. The 3 baroque bells are rung with the Veronese bellringing art.

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The church of Sant'Eufemia is a Catholic place of worship located in the heart of Verona's historic center. It straddles an ancient Roman cardo, where a church building probably already existed in the 6th century. The foundation of the present church is owed to the Della Scala family, who brought Augustinian hermit monks to Verona in 1262 so that they could be closer to the community and granted them permission to build a monastery, located at the time in the Capitani quarter of the Scaliger city. Through bequests and donations, particularly that of Alberto della Scala, the building could be consecrated in 1331 by the bishop of Verona Nicolò. The building activity, however, did not end, and in the following years the monastery's rooms continued to be expanded in order to accommodate the increasing number of monks who arrived there attracted by the great prestige the community boasted. A permit granted by Mastino II della Scala in 1340 made it possible to further enlarge the church by building the vast apse that still distinguishes it today. From the end of the fourteenth century work continued on the various chapels and minor altars.

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San Lorenzo is a Romanesque style, Roman Catholic church on Corso Cavour in central Verona, region of Veneto, Italy.

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Santi Apostoli, and the adjacent Romanesque style, small church (chiesetta) or chapel of the Sante Teuteria e Tosca, is an ancient Roman Catholic church in front of a piazza off Corso Cavour, in central Verona, region of Veneto, Italy.

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Palazzo Canossa is a palace in Verona, northern Italy.

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The Arco dei Gavi is an ancient structure in Verona, northern Italy, situated at the beginning of the Via Postumia, just outside the Roman walls of the city. Built to celebrate the gens Gavia, a noble Roman family who had their hometown in Verona, the Arco dei Gavi is a very rare example of a privately funded monumental Roman arch.

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Castelvecchio Museum is a museum in Verona, northern Italy, located in the eponymous medieval castle. Restoration by the architect Carlo Scarpa between 1959 and 1973 has enhanced the appearance of the building and exhibits. Scarpa's architectural style is visible in the details for doorways, staircases, furnishings, and even fixtures designed to hold a specific piece of artwork. The renovation carefully balanced new and old, revealing the history of the original building where appropriate. Unusual at the time, this approach has now become a common approach to renovation.

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Castelvecchio is a castle in Verona, northern Italy. It is the most important military construction of the Scaliger dynasty that ruled the city in the Middle Ages.

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The Castel Vecchio Bridge or Scaliger Bridge is a fortified bridge in Verona, northern Italy, over the Adige River. The segmental arch bridge featured the world's largest span at the time of its construction.

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The Campagnola artillery arsenal, originally called artillerie arsenal Franz Josef I but better known as the arsenal of Verona or Austrian arsenal of Verona, is a military establishment built by the Austrian Empire in Verona, now located in the district of Borgo Trento. The preliminary studies and the elaboration of the project, commissioned by Field Marshal Josef Radetzky, were held in 1854 with the choice of the executive project by Major Conrad Petrasch, director of the Genie-Direktion of Verona. The construction of the arsenal was completed in 1861 according to the reduced project of 1859.

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The church of San Zeno in Oratorio, also known as the church of San Zenetto, is a Catholic place of worship located in the San Zeno district of Verona, a few steps from Castelvecchio; it is part of the diocese of Verona.

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San Bernardino is a church in Verona, northern Italy. The church, in Gothic style, was built from 1451 to 1466.

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The Prison of the Discalced was a convent of the Order of Discalced Carmelites adjacent to the church of the Discalced in Verona, built between 1666 and 1750, suppressed in 1806 by Napoleonic decree and used as a prison from 1883 to 1945.

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Giuseppe Chiot was an Italian priest.

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Santa Teresa degli Scalzi, known as the church of the Scalzi is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located in central Verona, region of Veneto, Italy.

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The Teatro Ristori is a theatre in the city of Verona, with a capacity of 496 seats inaugurated in 1844 and reopened in 2011 after a long restoration work.

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The Teatro Filarmonico is the main opera theater in Verona, Italy, and is one of the leading opera houses in Europe. The Teatro Filarmonico is property of the Accademia Filarmonica di Verona. Having been built in 1716, and later rebuilt after a fire of January 21, 1749, and again after the allied bombing of February 23, 1945.

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The Maffeian lapidary museum, founded in the first half of the eighteenth century by the Veronese scholar Scipione Maffei, is one of the oldest European public museum institutions, located in the heart of the historic center of Verona, within the municipal walls, overlooking Piazza Bra and a few steps from the Arena di Verona.

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The Gran Guardia is a civil building that delimits the southern side of Piazza Bra in Verona, whose construction began in the seventeenth century and ended, after a long pause, only in 1853. With its size and monumentality it manages to compete with the Arena, which is located a few tens of meters away, beyond the nineteenth-century Bra gardens.

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