Right beside piazza delle Erbe is my favorite square named
and dedicated to my beloved poet Dante Alighieri, who wrote the Divine Comedy
about what the soul goes through after death, what I find fascinating about his
Comedy is that Dante said that it was the simple collection of the stories told
by people on the streets at his time, the XIII sec. and it’s embraced by the
Catholics and the
For the history of this place, you have to start from the
Scala family, the rulers of the Verona
town-state bearing in mind, however, that in the square there were already the Municipal Palace Palace
of Government
Perhaps it was during these years that the building was remodeled and the façade was transformed into the simple Renaissance style of today. On the face of the building there is a curious base relief with a seated woman who holds a flag in her hand, upon which it is written Fide et Charitate in aeternum non deficiam. The woman representsVerona resting
safe in the shadow of the Serenissima Republic (Venice ),
protecting her.
Verona ’s oldest
Caffè is important, which hung out the sign “Dante” in 1863, following the erection
of the monument to the poet in the square. The place was frequented by
professionals, men of letters, artists and politicians, especially the elderly,
who formed various “small parliaments”, discussing politics, art and above all
criticizing everything, like all Italians since ever.
Perhaps it was during these years that the building was remodeled and the façade was transformed into the simple Renaissance style of today. On the face of the building there is a curious base relief with a seated woman who holds a flag in her hand, upon which it is written Fide et Charitate in aeternum non deficiam. The woman represents
The Palace of the Council was not entirely completed, when
it was decided to place a few statues on the arch at the top of via delle
Fogge. The administration decided upon St. Zenone, protector of the city, and
the task was given to this “magistro Angelo lapicida”. But things got
complicated. Instead of St. Zenone, a statue of Girolamo Fracastoro was placed
on the arch in 1559.
The great doctor, poet and astronomer is dressed in the Roman style and holds a sphere of he world in his hand. The sphere immediately struck the shrewd popular fantasy: Fracastoro would have dropped the sphere on the head of the first honorable man that walked under the arch. But the sphere is still there… In 1756, the statue of Scipione Maffei was placed on the arch facing via Barbaro.
The great doctor, poet and astronomer is dressed in the Roman style and holds a sphere of he world in his hand. The sphere immediately struck the shrewd popular fantasy: Fracastoro would have dropped the sphere on the head of the first honorable man that walked under the arch. But the sphere is still there… In 1756, the statue of Scipione Maffei was placed on the arch facing via Barbaro.
1865 was the sixth centennial of the birth of Dante and Italy was about
to solemnly commemorate the recurrence. As an initiative of the Academy of
Agriculture and the Society of Fine Arts, to which the City Council adhered, it
was decided to erect a statue of Dante in Piazza dei Signori, where the Scala
Palace that had hosted the “Ghibellin fuggiasco”.
On 6th October 1863 a call for tender was emanated for the design of the statue. The only conditions were that the second quality Carrara marble be suitable for a height of three meters, supported by a pedestal and that the figure, which would turn its back to via delle Fogge, have its head turned slightly towards the left, or namely towards Scala Palace of the Courts.
It was then stated that the Poet must have been turned towards freeItaly . The
winner of the tender was a young, entirely unknown artist, Ugo Zannoni.
The statue was uncovered on 14 May 1865, in the early morning. It was not desired that the Austrian authorities intervene in the inaugural ceremony.
On 6th October 1863 a call for tender was emanated for the design of the statue. The only conditions were that the second quality Carrara marble be suitable for a height of three meters, supported by a pedestal and that the figure, which would turn its back to via delle Fogge, have its head turned slightly towards the left, or namely towards Scala Palace of the Courts.
It was then stated that the Poet must have been turned towards free
The statue was uncovered on 14 May 1865, in the early morning. It was not desired that the Austrian authorities intervene in the inaugural ceremony.
Not much later the Austrians were sent back to their home
country and the rest can be read on history books that talk about the conquest
of independence for Italy
- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2kpjup
- https://chid.washington.edu/study-abroad/2015/spring/cultural-legacy-padova-venice-verona-florence-and-rome
- http://www.verona.com/en/guide/verona/arena-di-verona/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Verona
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