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MUSEUMS
IN VERONA
Palazzo del Comune
(o della Ragione) (Communal Building – or Regional):
in Piazza dei Signori, old centre of power and administration
of the City, can be found in the old Communal Building constructed
at the end of the 12th Century (updating and additions were
carried out in the era and during the Renaissance as well
as at the end of 1800). The restoration will see the completion
of the interior for the enjoyment of the public, transforming
it into a new and prestigious seat of polyvalent exhibition,
not to mention a museum seat.
Le Arche Scaligere:
a true and proper open air museum, which can be described
as the architectonic/sculptural complex of monumental tombs
of the representatives of the Della Scala Dynasty, old upper
classes of Verona. It is located next to the Church of Santa
Maria Antica, just after Piazza dei Signori. The monuments
cover an era which goes from 1300 to 1380 approximately, and
therefore corresponds with the style of the Gothic evolution
towards the so called Gothic international.
Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
“Achille Forti” (Palazzo Forti) (Communal Picture
Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art):
can be found at the crossroads between Via Forti and Via Verità,
accessible from the central Corso Sant’Anastasia, where
the Vòlto Due Mori lane opens onto it with an entrance
to the collection and exhibitions. It’s the main exhibition
seat of Verona. The Forti collection is conserved in the ground
floor rooms, which is dedicated to masterpieces of painting
(mainly from the Veneto region) of the 19th Century and beginning
of the 20th Century. The other rooms are fitted out to host
temporary exhibitions, always of an international level, based
on themes and quality of the works exhibited.
Palazzo della Gran Guardia:
already a communal building. It rises up magnificently in
Piazza Brà with its neo-classic facade of 1836, and
is situated next to the Arena. The building has recently been
restored and in its interior hosts contemporary art exhibitions,
utilizing that which has been modernized and is particularly
adapted to these types of exhibitions.
Museo Lapidario Maffeiano:
is next to the Teatro Filarmonico (Philharmonic Theatre),
and also located in Piazza Brà. The organization of
the collections, as well as the restoration of the exhibition
seat date back to 1982. Now, the courtyard and underground
areas are also utilized for exhibitions following typographical
and thematic criteria. The collection includes reliefs, epigraphs,
sarcophagi and sculptures from the Greek, Etruscan, Paleo-Veneta
and Roman eras.
Castelvecchio (Civico Museo d’Arte) (Civic Art
Museum):
the Castelvecchio complex is an articulate construction, initiated
in 1354. It was then transformed on numerous occasions, (the
last being under French dominion), but the exemplary restoration
was the work of Carlo Scarpa which was carried out between
1957 and 1964 and returned the structure to its original state,
as well as adding the exhibition possibilities and area coverage.
Entrance is via the Levatoio Bridge in Corso Castelvecchio
and visitors can access the museum by crossing the ample courtyard
which was already the armament square of the castle. On the
ground floor the area contains sculptures and reliefs (particularly
medieval examples), whilst on the upper floor there’s
the Art Gallery with works from the Gothic era to that of
the greatest masters of the 16th , 17th and 18th Centuries
from the Veneto area. Here, between a point of access of the
two levels, a sculptural masterpiece from the Italian 14th
Century is also conserved, that is the equestrian statue by
Cangrande I della Scala.
Area Archeologica del Teatro Romano (Archaeological
Area of the Roman Theatre):
faces the Adige river, on the “regaste Redentore”
(the only tract along the river which existed prior to the
19th Century manipulation) just past the Pietra Bridge. The
complex is made up of the Roman Theatre still in use for summer
theatrical festivals, the 14th Century Church of Saints Siro
and Libera and the Archaeological Museum which conserves a
rich collection beginning with the Attica vases from the 5th
Century BC, to statues and mosaics from the II/III centuries
AD.
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