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Lions’ Gate
Lions’ Gate
Juliet’s House
Juliet
Juliet’s balcony
Statue of Girolamo Fracastoro
Statue of Girolamo Fracastoro
Statue of Dante
Piazza delle Erbe
Ancient column
Ancient 14th-century column
Capital in Piazza delle Erbe
War Memorial
The Mazzanti Houses
The Lamberti Tower
The Lamberti Tower
Fountain of the Madonna of Verona
The fountain in Piazza delle Erbe
Palazzo Maffei
Piazza Erbe
Palazzo Maffei
Porta Borsari
The Well of Love
Piazza Santi Apostoli
The bell tower of the Church of the Holy Apostles
Palazzo Portalupi
The Palazzo Portalupi
The Arch of the Gavi
The Arch of the Gavi
The Arch of the Gavi
Scaligero Bridge
Lungoadige Cangrande
Scaligero Bridge
Scaligero Bridge
Church of San Zeno in Oratorio
The Castelvecchio Bridge
Regaste San Zeno
Castelvecchio
River Adige
River Adige

The remains of the Porta dei Leoni, comprising two façades, one dating from the Republican period and the other from the Imperial period

The base of one of the two defensive towers at the Porta dei Leoni, at the start of the Cardo Massimo, dating from the first century AD.

The exposed brick walls and the frame of the entrance door to the courtyard of Juliet’s house

Bronze statue of Juliet, created by the sculptor Nereo Costantini in 1972, situated in the courtyard of Juliet’s house

The balcony of Juliet’s medieval tower house (1200), a building that belonged to the Dal Cappello family, situated on the street of the same name

Statue of Girolamo Fracastoro holding the world in Piazza dei Signori, situated atop an arch, sculpted in 1559 by Danese Cattaneo

Statue of Girolamo Fracastoro situated on an arch at the end of Via Fogge in Piazza dei Signori

Statue of Dante in Piazza dei Signori, sculpted by Ugo Zannoni in Carrara marble, with the Palazzo del Podestà and the Loggia del Consiglio visible in the background

A four-lamp street lamp in the majestic Piazza delle Erbe, modelled on the layout of the ancient Roman Forum

The ancient column surmounted by a 14th-century aedicule in Piazza delle Erbe, in whose niches are carved Saint Peter the Martyr, Saint Christopher, Saint Zeno and the Virgin Mary

A general view of Piazza delle Erbe, with the ancient 14th-century column in the foreground

The Tribune or Capitello in Piazza delle Erbe, dating from the 13th century.

War memorial to those who fell during the air raid of 14 November 1915 in Piazza delle Erbe, with the Hotel Aurora behind it

The Mazzanti houses in Piazza delle Erbe, decorated with frescoes depicting allegorical and mythological scenes, painted by Alberto Cavalli

The frescoes on the Mazzanti houses and, on the right, the Lamberti Tower in Piazza delle Erbe

The 84-metre-high medieval Lamberti Tower and the Palazzo della Ragione, now home to the Achille Forti Gallery of Modern Art

The column of the Madonna Veronese fountain, featuring the faces of the city’s four rulers, located in Piazza delle Erbe

The fountain in Piazza delle Erbe, surmounted by the Madonna Veronese, a Roman statue erected in 1368 at the behest of Cansignorio

The balustrade of Palazzo Maffei in Piazza delle Erbe, featuring marble statues of Venus, Mercury, Apollo and Minerva, and the tall column topped by the Marcian lion

On the right is the “Casa Mazzanti Cafe” bar and restaurant, and opposite it is Palazzo Maffei with the Lion of St Mark, in Piazza Erbe

Palazzo Maffei in Piazza Erbe, built in the first half of the 1600s in the Baroque style, and the column featuring the Lion of St Mark

Porta Borsari on Corso Cavour, a majestic Roman gate with a double arch dating from the first century AD.

The Well of Love, depicting an arrow striking a heart, near the cul-de-sac known as Poz Marco

The 19th-century statue of the poet Aleardo Aleardi, with the bell tower of the Church of Santi Apostoli in the background, in the square of the same name

The bell tower of the Church of the Holy Apostles, situated in the square of the same name, is in the Veronese Romanesque style, built of terracotta and tuff, and was completed in 1110

The neoclassical façade of Palazzo Portalupi on Corso Cavour, featuring a long balcony and a clock in the centre

The Palazzo Portalupi, currently the headquarters of the Bank of Italy on Corso Cavour, was built by the architect Gaetano Pinter in 1802

The Arch of the Gavi, erected around the middle of the 1st century to a design by the architect Lucio Vitruvio Cerdone

The Arco dei Gavi, built of white limestone, consists of a triangular pediment supported by Corinthian capitals and fluted columns

On the left is Castelvecchio in the small square of the same name, and on the right is the Roman Arch of the Gavi

The long Scaligero Bridge, rebuilt after its destruction by the Germans during the Second World War

The Castelvecchio Bridge, fortified by brick walls, and the Cangrande Promenade

The walkways and crenellated terracotta walls with loopholes on the Castelvecchio Bridge

The swallowtail-shaped crenellated walls of the Scaligero Bridge, over 120 metres long

The rear of the church of San Zeno in Oratorio and its small bell tower, overlooking the street of the same name

The Castelvecchio Bridge spanning the River Adige, probably built by Guglielmo Bevilacqua in 1354

The raised pedestrian walkway on the left along Regaste San Zeno, with Castelvecchio in the background

The Regaste San Zeno footpath, with the Scaligero Bridge and the Scaligero castle, Castelvecchio, in the background

The banks of the River Adige running alongside Regaste San Zeno

The small tree-lined path along Regaste San Zeno, which runs alongside the River Adige

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