Verona is located on the northern edge of the Venetian plain, at the foot of the Lessini Mountains and near the mouth of the Adige valley. The ancient core, located inside one of the two large loops described by the Adige, preserves the typical layout of the Roman city, with two main axes that cross at right angles in correspondence with Piazza delle Erbe (the ancient forum). Verona is one of the major cities of art in Italy for its artistic and archaeological riches. The city has a complex development, on one side the Roman walls that surround the heart of the city between Porta Borsari, Porta Leoni and the walls of Gallieno, on the other the so-called internal ring road with Renaissance fortresses (completed under the Austrians).
Verona has numerous Roman monuments, all built after the 1st century BC, when the city was rebuilt within the Adige loop. The most famous monument ever, which has become a symbol of the city itself, is the Arena, the third largest Roman amphitheater in Italy after the Colosseum and the Capuan amphitheater, but the best preserved of these, so much so that it is used today to host the famous Arenian opera festival, as well as numerous concerts.
Another famous monument is the Roman theater, from the 1st century BC, but only brought to light in 1834, when the buildings that literally covered it were demolished. In the summer, a series of shows are held in the theater which take the name of the Verona summer theater.
the basilica of San Zeno, considered one of the Romanesque masterpieces in Italy, and linked to the abbey of the same name, of which the tower and some cloisters remain.