Verona


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Verona (population est. 270,000) is an ancient town, episcopal see and province in Veneto, Northern Italy. The ancient town, and the centre of the modern city, are surrounded by the Adige River near Lake Garda. Because of this position, these areas were regularly flooded until 1956 when the Mori-Torbole tunnel was constructed. This tunnel provides 500 cubic meters of discharge from the Adige river to the Garda lake in case of flood danger.

The tunnel reduced the risk of floodings from once every seventy years to once every two centuries. Verona's natural history museum contains one of the most valuable collections of fossils and archaeological remains in Europe.

The Castelvecchio Museum features a collection of sculptures, statues and paintings in a magnificent castle built in 1354-1356 and restored by renowned architect Carlo Scarpa from 1969-70, and 1975. The colors of the city are the yellow and the blue.

The town has two soccer teams, one in the highest division of the Italian championship, Chievo Verona and the other in the second division, Hellas Verona. Things from Verona (and sometimes people) are called Veronese. The most famous example of this can lead to confusion, however, as the Renaissance painter, Paolo Veronese is often referred to as simply "Veronese".

Source: Wikipedia