Some of my
readers know that I moved to the USA from one of Verona’s small towns around it
and specifically one in the very middle of the Valpolicella area, famous here
in the USA for its wines, today I want to talk about the town in Italy that I
love the most and makes me proud to feel it to be like my birth-town, I’m going to
put in this post few links to interesting websites that explain its historical importance
and I add that because of its geographical location is and it’s been for centuries
a real node of routes between Germany, Austria and former Yugoslavia.
Because of
its location between the Alps and the vast flatlands of the Emilia region it
enjoys a very good climate all around the year; it isn’t therefore by chance
that the production of excellent quality grapes gives birth to some very good
Italian wines.
Verona
still has its original Roman remains and city geometry, besides the Arena, that’s
a smaller colosseum where the same events than the one in Rome used to take
place, including the battles with ships on the water coming from the Adige
river, that’s been a trademark of this town.
Having
lived in Verona for more than 20 years and having spent my entire adolescence
with my education I have so many memories and things to say about my time in
Verona that I could fill few books, I therefore just talk about the town in
history and its importance since it was part of the ancient Roman empire, I
believe that Verona may be known here as the town of Romeo and Juliet, from the
Shakespeare work and it’s interesting that you can actually see both
Juliet’s tomb (a
pink marble coffin)
and Romeo’s house.
You can go
to look at the websites linked below to know much more than I say here, but
what makes Verona unique in my mind is the incredible mix of cultures,
languages with foreign influences of all kinds that make it the “New York” of
northern Italy, in fact I can assure you that Verona isn’t like Milano, Brescia
or Padova at all, no matter that these towns are all geographically close.
What makes
Verona really special is that after having been part of the Roman Empire, it
became part of the Venetian before becoming the "comune di Verona".
- https://theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/shakespeare-in-verona-the-home-of-romeo-juliet/
- http://palazzovictoria.com/blog/2015/11/05/fun-facts-about-juliets-house/
- http://www.arena.it/arena/en
- https://www.walksofitaly.com/blog/venice/day-trip-verona-italy
- https://theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/top-10-things-to-do-and-see-in-verona/
- http://www.cellartours.com/italy/italian-wine-regions/valpolicella
- http://www.italytraveller.com/en/e/wines-of-verona
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