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 along the way from Milan to Venice and from Italy to central Europe via the Brenner Pass. It's an important railroad as well as marketing center. Manufactures comprise of textiles, machinery, paper, chemicals, processed food, as well as shoes. Noteworthy architectural points of interest 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 impressive 16th-century palaces of Bevilacqua, Canossa, and Pompeii, and also the Castel Vecchio (1354), now housing a museum of art. A Roman amphitheatre from the 1st century AD remains intended for open-air concerts. The events that stimulated the play by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, happened in Verona.
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