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(btwn Piazza XIV Novembre & Piazza dei Signori) Originally a Roman forum, Piazza delle Erbe is
ringed with buzzing cafes and some of Verona's most sumptuous buildings, including the
18th-century baroque Palazzo Maffei MAP GOOGLE MAP , now a corporate headquarters, at its
northern end. Separating Piazza delle Erbe from Piazza dei Signori is the monumental
gate known as Arco della Costa , hung with a whale's rib that, according to legend, will fall on
the first just person to walk beneath it. So far, it remains intact, despite visits by popes and
kings.
On the northern side of Piazza dei Signori stands Verona's early-Renaissance Loggia del
Consiglio MAP GOOGLE MAP (Piazza dei Signori) , the 15th-century city council (not open to visit-
ors). Through the archway at the far end are the open-air Arche Scaligere MAP GOOGLE MAP
(Via Arche Scaligere; admission incl Torre dei Lamberti by lift/on foot €4/3; 9.30am-7.30pm Tue-Sun,
1.45-7.30pm Mon Jun-Sep) - elaborate Gothic tombs of the Scaligeri family where murderers
are interred next to the relatives they killed.
Dividing the two piazzas, the striped Torre dei Lamberti MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 045 927 30 27;
adult/ reduced €6/4.50; 8.30am-7.30pm) rises a neck-craning 85m. Begun in the 12th century
and finished in 1463 - too late to notice invading Venetians - this watchtower still offers
panoramic views of the city and nearby mountains, which are snowcapped in winter. A lift
whisks you up two-thirds of the way.
Basilica di Sant'Anastasia
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BASILICA
( www.chieseverona.it ; Piazza di Sant'Anastasia; adult/reduced €6/2, or with VeronaCard; 9am-6pm Tue-Sat, 1-6pm
Sun Mar-Oct, 1.30-5pm Tue-Sat, 1-5pm Sun Nov-Feb) Dating from the 13th to 15th centuries, the
Gothic Chiesa di Sant'Anastasia is Verona's largest basilica and a showcase for local art.
The multitude of frescoes is overwhelming, but don't overlook Pisanello's storybook-
quality fresco St George Setting out to Free the Princess from the Dragon in the Pisanelli
Chapel, or the 1495 holy water font featuring a hunchback carved by Paolo Veronese's
father, Gabriele Caliari.
Duomo
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CATHEDRAL
( 045 59 28 13; www.chieseverona.it ; Piazza Duomo; adult/reduced €2.50/2, or with VeronaCard;
10am-5.30pm Mon-Sat, 1.30-5.30pm Sun Mar-Oct, 10am-1pm & 1.30-5pm Tue-Sat, 1.30-5pm Sun Nov-Feb) Ver-
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