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Tourist information - Verona
Verona is a city in northern Italy, capital of Verona Province, in Veneto Region, on the Adige River. The city is strategically located on the route from Milan to Venice and from Italy to central Europe via the Brenner Pass. It is an important railroad and marketing center. Manufactures include textiles, machinery, paper, chemicals, processed food, and shoes. Noteworthy architectural landmarks include the Romanesque basilica of San Zeno Maggiore (mainly 12th-13th century), the tombs of the Scaliger family (14th century), the Gothic Church of Sant'Anastasia (completed 15th century), the magnificent 16th-century palaces of Bevilacqua, Canossa, and Pompeii, and the Castel Vecchio (1354), now housing a museum of art. A Roman amphitheater from the 1st century AD is still used for open-air concerts. The events that inspired the play by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, took place in Verona.
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