Wedding dress and roman portal

Detail of Porta Leoni (Ist century BC). Isn't it a lovely spot to buy a wedding dress?

Ages

Excavation at Porta Leona, the Roman city layer below the actual street level.

Porta Leoni

Detail of Porta Leoni. Again, another example of history layers in town: roman, medieval and recent (probably XVIII century). I find this corner absolutely enchanting...

Museo Lapidario Maffeiano

Among Europe’s most ancient public museums, the Museo Lapidario was instituted in 1745, thanks to the greek, etruscan, early venetian and roman epigraphic collection of the veronese illuminist Scipione Maffei. The collection includes 650 findings of considerable interest, including the greek reliefs admired by Goethe; there are inscriptions to exalt the value of writing as a form of memory and communication. The epigraphic material and reliefs are distributed by chronological sections in the courtyard, through which access is gained to the Teatro Filarmonico, to the underground or to two upper halls. The museum is frequented mostly by specialists, archaeological lapidary and art scholars. 

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An interesting corner!

This photo sums up a few important details about Verona:

1. Valerio Catullo, was born in Verona - about I a.C., famous poet of his time, 

    he was probably the first veronese to become famous. Our airport is named 

    after him. 

2. The beautiful marble ornament (a Siren) is one of the many roman

    stones scattered in town.

3. Fashion, not a detail here in Verona but a big business. Lots of famous

    designers opened their flag shops in the three top shopping streets (this one is     Corso Portoni Borsari and the famous designer is Etro). 

4. It's raining again!

Secret corner

Another sunny morning gave me the chance to photograph this secluded corner in the heart of town. I had just sipped my coffee in a new café and bought some lovely bread. Next to the panificio a little marble staircase leads to a tiny square from which two little roads depart. 

This is one of them: it is narrow and bends twice among the ancient houses built on roman remains (some of them visible in a few public places), and leads, in a few steps, to the Corso Portoni Borsari.

I love the monochromatic paintings, the rounded shutters, the white flowers: I find enchanting every detail of this close up and every step of this vicolo... 

Bank treasures

This is a bank's window and it shows the ancient roman remains underneath the bank premises. There are a few of such sites below the street surface: the roman city "layer" was about two meters down. Some of them are to be found in restaurants' cellars, shops' storage rooms, churches and so on....