Verona during the Roman Age

This trail curls round the main visible remains of the Roman age in Verona. Among Veneto cities, Verona is the one which better keeps the orthogonal city structure (together with roads, bridges, walls and doors) and the main public monuments (the court square, the theatre, the amphitheatre) built by the Romans between the 1st century B.C. and the 4th -5th century A.C. The city centre raised around the middle of the 1st century B.C. along via Postumia lay-out (built in 148 B.C. to connect Genoa to Aquileia) inside a hook of the Adige river. This city was endowed with all the necessary structures for public and private life. These perfectly preserved structures represent a wonderful opportunity for tourists to understand the shape of Verona at that time. Together with the visit of the real archeological ruins available in the open air, you can enjoy the two most important archeological museums of the town where outstanding Roman finds (mosaics, statues, ceramics, bronze wares, glasses, inscriptions) coming from Verona territory or famous private collections are held.

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TAPPA 1	Verona – Civic Archaeological Museum at the Roman Theatre Regaste Redentore 2, 37129 Verona – mappa Tel. 045 8000360 – Fax 045 8010587
The Archaeological Museum at the Roman Theatre was opened in 1924 in the former monastery of Gesuati, which was built in the late 14th century behind the theatre. The exposition is set out on different terraces, as well as in the monastery itself; it contains material from the theatre, from Verona and its hinterland, and from collections acquired over time. The Archaeological Museum at the Roman Theatre, in one of the most attractive and archaeologically important locations in Verona, is an excellent example of a city museum.
TAPPA 2	Verona – Roman theatre Regaste Redentore 2, 37129 Verona – mappa Tel. 045 8000360 – Fax 045 8010587
The Roman theatre of Verona was built around the end of the I century B.C. Its visible remains today include the stage, the orchestra, the auditorium and some galleries on two subsequent levels together with a top corridor.
TAPPA 3	Verona – House, roads and public Roman and late antiquity buildings at the “Centro Internazionale di Fotografia” Piazza Viviani inside the “Centro Internazionale di Fotografia”Scaligeri", 37100 Verona – mappa Tel. 045 8007490
The archaeological area displays structures spanning between the I century B.C. and the XV century A.D. and particularly part of the forum and of one residential block of Roman and late antiquity Verona.
TAPPA 4	Verona – Roman gate "Borsari" Corso Porta Borsari, at the corner with the street “via A. Diaz”, 37100 Verona – mappa
“Porta Borsari” was built around mid I century A.D., it was one of the urban gates of Roman Verona and it marked the entrance of the road “Via Postumia” in the city.
TAPPA 5	Verona – Roman archway “dei Gavi” in "Piazzetta Castelvecchio" Corso Cavour 43, Piazzetta Castelvecchio, 37100 Verona – mappa
The archway “Arco dei Gavi” is a monument of the I century A.D. which was built by an important family of Verona, the “gens Gavia” for self-celebration purposes. Originally the archway had been constructed along the road “Via Postumia”, the big consular road that reached Verona. In 1805 was considered as a hindrance to local traffic and was dismantled. In 1932 the archway was reconstructed in a different location. However, the previous positioning of its pillars is marked on the paving in front of the Museum of Castelvecchio in the street “Corso Cavour”.
TAPPA 6	Verona – Maffeiano Lapidary Museum Piazza Bra 28, 37121 Verona – mappa Tel. 045 590087
The Maffeiano Lapidary Museum is situated in front of the Philharmonic Theatre, in Piazza Bra, in the very heart of the city. It was built during the first half of the 18th century in order to display the inscriptions collected by Scipione Maffei, who first organized the epigraphs found in the Philharmonic Academy and later integrated them with a lot of new items. The public nature of the exhibition, not just in terms of its legal status but also for the way it could be used was a novelty at the time it was first established. It therefore became a suitable place to perform a clear didactic function and to bring citizens closer to culture.
TAPPA 7	Verona – Roman amphitheatre "Arena" Piazza Bra 1, 37100 Verona – mappa Tel. 045 8003204
The Roman building in the square “Piazza Bra” is one of the best preserved and biggest amphitheatres of the Roman world and today it hosts events of various types. It has elliptical shape of about 152 x 123 m and its remains today include part of the external ring and of the caves.
TAPPA 8	Verona – Roman house in the bank "Banca Popolare" in Piazza Nogara Via Zambelli 26 (inside the bank "Banca Popolare di Verona"), 37100 Verona – mappa
The “domus” in the square “Piazza Nogara” is one of the best preserved examples of private Roman buildings in Verona and in northern Italy. It was built at the end of the I century B.C. and it was further renovated between the II and the III century A.D., when the mosaics we can see today in the archaeological area were added.
TAPPA 9	Verona – Roman gate “ dei Leoni” Via Leoni, at the corner with the street “Via Amanti”, 37100 Verona – mappa
The gate “Porta Leoni” was one of the main accesses to Roman Verona, at the southern end of “kardo maximus”. It was built in the I century B.C. and renovated in the I century A.D.

NOTE LOGISTICHE
This trip will last one day by walking: 3,5 km in total. It is recommended to park at the paid parking area of piazza Isolo, which is nearby the trip first stop and not very far from the last one.