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Una Visita A Verona Posted by Geoff on Mar 31, 2017
Here we are in Verona! We’ve come to meet up with Serena’s school-friends from a lifetime ago when she lived in Benghazi, Libya. Sunday morning, we get up early, and take the opportunity to explore the town on our own … Serena: Dove vuoi andare per prima cosa? Geoff: A me piacerebbe vedere l’Arena, e…
Ponti d’Italia – 2. Ponte Scaligero Posted by Serena on Feb 15, 2012
“L’opera più audace e mirabile del medioevo in Verona” (“The most audacious and wondrous work of the middle ages in Verona”) is how historians describe il Ponte Scaligero (the Scaligero Bridge), also known as Ponte di Castelvecchio, the beautiful brick and marble bridge which spans the river Adige from the Torre del Mastio (Master Tower)…