Verona Italy

Another city of art in the region Veneto, Verona Italy displays its artistic, cultural, and natural treasures with pride.

Its symbolic monument is the Arena, the amphitheatre with about 2000 years of history, still in use now for the popular "Opera Season".

Famous italian Opera "Aida"

It has housed concerts of popular music bands and singers like The Who, Kiss, Simply Red, Simple Minds, Pearl Jam, Muse, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, Sting, Phil Collins.

Its frescoed palaces, castle (Castelvecchio), bridges, churches, and squares accompany the visitor in an amazing journey through history.


Also thanks to William Shakespeare and his play "Romeo and Juliet", Verona is a city now widely known and admired in the World, and as a result there are 27 cities in the world named Verona: in the U.S., Canada and Australia, born as consequence from his works.

Even the poet Lord Byron attests the importance of the role played by William Shakespeare in shaping the reputation of Verona as "city of love".


Verona, with its unique architecture, is one of the most romantic cities in the world, rich in artistic values ​​and cultural spirit, with many festivals and fairs. Verona impresses with its baroque, gothic, medieval buildings, which are part of UNESCO World Heritage.

Piazza Bra is the heart of the city with the spectacular Roman Arena.
It was built in
30 AD and with its 25,000 seats, it is the largest Roman stadium.

Known also as the setting for Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, Verona is situated on the banks of Adige, the second longest river in Italy.

Return from Verona Italy
to Tourist Attractions in Italy homepage