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Castel San Pietro and his memorable view of the city

Exit the old town with the crowds of tourists, head towards Ponte Pietra and follow the signs to Castel San Pietro and Torricelle.
It can be reached by foot (or by bicycle if you have a good calf) to admire Verona from above. You can also get there by car (but there are not many parking places) or with a pay-per-view cable car (accessible to wheelchairs, disabled and non-paying caretaker) starting from Ponte Pietra.
The view from Verona from above will not disappoint you. Recommended for photo enthusiasts.

Piazza Bra and Arena - WebCam Piazza Bra

Piazza Bra has been formed over a long period of time and each side is characterized by an architecture or a series of important buildings: on the north side there is the Arena, the oldest building; on the west side there are several palaces dating from the 15th to the 18th century, with the Liston walk; on the southern side the Grand Guard, started by the Venetians and completed by the Austrians; on the eastern side, the most recent building, the Gran Guardia Nuova, better known as Palazzo Barbieri, seat of the Commune.
Every year around December 13, Santa Lucia is celebrated and the square fills with banquets where you can buy any kind of item.

The Palazzo Giusti del Giardino

The Palazzo as it can be seen today is the result of at least two basic interventions. Agostino completed the construction project after 1587, which involved demolishing the existing houses and replacing them with a grand "L" shaped palace spread over three floors: the raised ground floor, the main floor and the third floor above ground intended for servants' quarters. The original facade focused on solemn entrance portal, the sides of which are surrounded by tuff windows with no cornices.

The main element in the facade is the grandiose coursed rubble stone doorway, surmounted by an architrave and a massive cornice. Carved in the keystone of the arch is the ancient Giusti coat of arms, "the head of a natural young blond man.".

The Giusti Garden

The Giusti Garden stands on land that the family bought on the left bank of the Adige in the early fourteenth century in order to establish a factory for dyeing cloth. After the conquest of Verona by Venice (1404), the new political situation and the substantial capital accumulated by the Giusti family during a century of industrial activities inspired a conversion from the family entrepreneurship to use of land assets.

The whole garden was conceived with deference to the poetics of contrasts. In his work "Sileno", the writer Poma underlines the contrast between the amenities of the garden and the dreadfulness of the mountain, a steep ravine with protruding stones that look as if they are about to fall.

The view on San Giorgio and Torricelle from Ponte Pietra

The façade is in white marble (while the rest of the church is cooked) with two orders of pillars, low of Ionic and Corinthian high; In the nicchielaterals there are the statues of San Giorgio and San Lorenzo Giustiniani.
The belfry, incomplete, houses six bells on a solemn music scale of Sol3. They were fused by the Ruffini Vr foundry in 1776 and the minor was added by the Chiappani Vr miller in the middle of the 19th century. The bell-tower complex is not only known in historical and scientific environments for decorative art and sound beauty, but also for giving birth to the manual sound technique of the Campane concerts at the Veronese still practiced in this bell tower.

San Giorgio Church - Interior

The interior is a single nave with four chapels per side: completed between 1536 and 1543, contains important works of art. Above the main door is a work of the Tintoretto depicting the Baptism of Christ.

Underneath the dome is a work by Paolo Veronese. Two large canvases are visible in the presbytery: one of the Farinati, the Multiplication of the Loaves, and the other of Brusasorzi, The Manna in the Desert: in the end, a masterpiece by Veronese, The martyrdom of St. George. On the altar, instead, the Virgin with the Child is preserved in glory with the holy Catherine, Lucia, Cecilia, Barbara and Agnese del Moretto. In the 1540Michele Sanmicheli built the dome of the church, creating the vast choir.

Ponte Scaligero

The Scaligero Bridge (also called Castelvecchio's bridge from the castle next to it) is really fascinating: it connects the area of the former Arsenal with the start of Via Roma, which leads to Piazza Brà.
In the former Arsenal area you can comfortably park for a fee and make a wonderful walking through this beautiful bridge overlooking the many castle windows that give directly to the Adige and then reach the center of Verona in Piazza Brà. From the bridge you will enjoy a wonderful panorama of Castelvecchio, Adige, the hills and mountains that adorn the city with the noise of the river that will frame your visit.
Very well preserved and the builder's intelligence, which has three incremental arcades depending on the volume of water each must crave; since the bridge located in a river bend the flow rate is not the same on the inner side as the outside of the loop.
For photography lovers .

Lake Garda - How to reach it

Verona is closest to the eastern and southern shores of Lake Garda, and only about an hour away from the northern end of the lake. Train service is limited going north around Lake Garda, so taking the bus or driving are your best options if you are headed in that direction.

You can get a bus Verona to Garda, Bardolino and other towns (numbers in the map on the left). You can get a train to Desenzano which is a nice town, but from there you can take a short bus ride to Sirmione which is a beautiful town sitting on a peninsula jutting out into the lake, you will find some nice places to eat and walk around. The train takes 20-25 minutes.

Drive to Lake Garda. Verona is only a 15 to 20 minute drive from Peschiera del Garda, one of the eastern most towns at the south end of Lake Garda. Take the A4 motorway west for approximately 18 miles until you reach Peschiera. If you want to go to Riva del Garda on the northern part of Lake Garda, take the A22 motorway north for approximately 55 miles.

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