Framed by the Valpolicella countryside, overlooking the Adige river and positioned halfway between Milan and Venice, Verona is one of the Italian cities most visited by tourists around the world. FromArena which since 1913 has been the scene of one of the most exciting and suggestive lyrical seasons in the world, as well as numerous concerts for the Shakespearean drama of Romeo and Giuliettais a city of great icons.
And then Piazza delle Erbe with the market and the premises where you can have an excellent spritz, CastelvecchioFortino of the medieval period today the seat of the Civic museum Citizen with works of Mantegna, Tintoretto, Tiepolo as well as exhibition exhibitions and exhibitions. In the city there is everything and it happens a lot, from the Shakespearean Festival at the Verona Jazz Festival, to Vinitaly. Yet his sweetness is hidden in the small roads of cobblestone, for lunch on the river, in the lesser -known works of art, in the history of people who fascinated by the city have made their place of life. We took a walk to tell some of these places and stories.
1. Piazza Sant’Anastasia
A stone’s throw from Piazza delle Erbe, continuing towards the river, this square hosts the Basilica of Sant’Anastasiatrue jewel of Gothic architecture of the Lombard era. Inside it is possible to admire the wonderful floor consisting of marbles of three colors attributed to Pietro da Porlezza and dating back to the second half of the 1400s and the Pellegrini chapel, which retains the fresco San Giorgio and the princessmasterpiece of the Pisanello.
On the other side of the square instead stands Palazzo dell’Aquila which today houses the Two Torri Hotel, The most luxurious hotel in the city. Converted to Locanda as early as 1600, the building hosted among others Mozart, Goethe, Garibaldi up, in more recent times, to celebrities of the caliber of Sarah Jessica Parker, Adele, Sting, Bocelli, Bruce Springsteen, Placido Domingo, Pavarotti. It is worth entering in this building even just to admire the magnificent frescoed ceiling of the main lounge on the ground floor, the work of Pino Casarini and depicting the Tournament of the Cavalieri di Brandenburg.
Also, in the summer, do not miss the Rooftop Terracea unique space from which to enjoy the sight of the entire city from above sipping an aperitif and in which to look for a little refreshment from the heat.
The group Duetorrihotelspresent with its structures also in Florence, Bologna and Genoa, wishes to promote hidden and less known masterpieces of these splendid cities, which is why he created the project Discovery 4Tour, An opportunity to discover unusual and hidden stories from the Bel Paese, collecting them in the box of Goodnight books – Minerva editions– A collection of short stories that those who stay in the hotel finds on the bedside table of their room.
2. Palazzo Maffei
Overlooking Piazza delle Erbe, Palazzo Maffei enriches the view with its baroque facade. From 2020 this building hosts Palazzo Maffei Casa Museumthe permanent exhibition of the Luigi Carlon collection. The collection embraces about 4000 years of history from an Egyptian boat dating back approximately to 1800 AC up to Borderland by Manuel Gattin, a work created with artificial intelligence that changes to the passage of the spectators, making them part.
The peculiarity of this place lies in the choice of the museum provision that is not based on the chronological order but on a thematic criterion: works belonging to different periods and styles are combined to create a dialogue between ancient and contemporary. The collection boasts works by Picasso, Fontana, Modigliani and Hokusai Just to name a few, as well as many exponents of the Veronese artistic school.
The House Museum is also engaged in numerous educational and recreational activities: From theater, to dance to the museum to ArtPy.
3. Giulietta Club
Those who pass through Verona certainly stops at the Giulietta houseTo see the statue and the iconic balcony from which it is said to meet Romeo, but how many know that by writing a letter addressed to Giulietta, will an answer almost certainly be received? Yes, because in Verona there is a cultural organization that is dedicated to collect and read the correspondenceA addressed to the Shakesperian heroine and to ensure that those questions or confidences do not remain unheeded. Is called The Giulietta club.
“We receive hundreds of letters every year, from all over the world, and we try to respond to everyone, rigorously by hand and in the sender’s language,” tells us one of the volunteers.
The club is located right in the city center and is open to anyone who wants to see, read or even respond to the “heart mail”.
4. Tenuta Santa Maria
Verona is also the land of wines, in particular of the famous Valpolicella and if you want to give yourself one Visit in the cellar with tastinga few kilometers from the city center stands Tenuta Santa Maria. For centuries, the winery of the Bertani family has been dedicated, according to traditional methods and in compliance with the territory, to the production of wines that have made the region known all over the world (primarily Amarone, a true flagship of the company).
The art of vinification here is based with the pictorial and architectural one: Villa Mosconi example of the Palladian current and purchased by the family in the early 1900s, hosts frescoes depicted allegories of the four seasons and Greek -inspired statues. The splendid English gardenOver time it was a fervent literary place where the most famous intellectuals and writers of the time gathered.
The villa hosts, in addition to guided tours and tastings, also private events and, of course, wedding banquets.
5. Hypogeum of Santa Maria in Stelle
You have to move just outside Verona, in the village of Santa Maria in Star in order to admire this unique place of its kind.
Born like aqueduct In the pagan era, it was subsequently consecrated in order to evangelize the rural communities of the area until it becomes the first baptismal font outside the city walls. In the two lateral cells it is possible to admire, also thanks to a careful restoration started in the early 2000s,Some of the most interesting frescoes dating back to the early Christian eradepicting scenes of the Old and New Testament.
The site today is open to the public only on some times e by reservationprecisely to preserve its conservative state.
Source: Vanity Fair
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