Maurizio

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The "rondella delle Boccare" in Verona has ancient origins. Along the walls built in the 14th century by Cangrande della Scala, the Venetians had these bulwarks built in the 16th century. The Austrians during the occupation of Verona in the 19th century adapted and restored them. Today they are splendid monuments that can be visited.

At the time of the Austrian occupation of Verona it was an old military barracks. Now, wonderfully restored, the "Santa Marta" is the university seat. Also beautiful at night.

The ancient and the modern: the legendary "Frecce Tricolori" whiz across the sky over Verona, passing over Ponte Pietra.

A stone's throw from the city of Verona, where the countryside is still countryside, a splendid field of poppies

Giardino Giusti is a splendid green corner at the back of a historic building in Verona, between the hill and the Adige river. Visiting it is always a surprise

A garden is the home of flowers. But it can also be an opportunity to free one's imagination.

Venice, the most beautiful city in the world, is rightly visited by millions of tourists every year. That creates a big mess. But the beauty of Venice beyond its splendid palaces and churches and museums are the "Venetian people". Who, serenely, sometimes fish in the lagoon with the background of the most beautiful scenography in the world.

One could say "all house and gondola". Nice discovery of a well-known Venetian tavern...

Flowering lasts only a few days. And the wisteria perched on the ancient well in the courtyard of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice needs to be photographed quickly.

Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa in Venice, in the Castello district, today the Polo Museale del Veneto and patrimony of the Italian State, was purchased and modernized by Doge Antonio Grimani around the middle of the 1500s. In the photo, the sculpture with the Rape of Ganymede, hanging from the center of the hall called La Tribuna, is a Roman replica of a late Hellenistic model and was placed back in its original position after the restoration of the palace.

Palazzo Grassi, now home to the Pinault collection museum, is one of the most famous Venetian palaces overlooking the Grand Canal. Built in the mid-1700s, it maintains, alongside elements of modernity due to the restorations, original visions such as the fresco on the splendid ceiling.

Palazzo Franchetti, Venice, at the foot of the Accademia bridge, is a splendid building built in the Gothic style in the second half of the 1400s. It has been restored and remodeled several times and has always maintained the original facade. And, inside, the splendid frescoed stairs that you see in the photo.

Verona, the ancient Scaliger Walls that surround the city. A stone's throw from the center, as the night approaches

Ponte Pietra, in the wonderful Roman bridge of Verona, at the foot of the Roman Theater. When the night comes...

Venice, at sunset from the Fondamenta Nove a look towards the island of San Michele, which is the splendid historic cemetery of Venice.

Verona, Palazzo Maffei House Museum, the internal staircase. A casket within a casket in the good living room of the city.

Here in Verona (but also in Venice) we call them "cocai". They are the small black-headed gulls, not to be confused with the large and intrusive herring gulls. In winter they invade the city and give it more beauty. Here in flight along the Adige river, in the background Castelvecchio with its bridge.

At the "Specchio di Venere", the small thermal lake of volcanic origin on the island of Pantelleria.

In the late afternoon, when the evening gradually approaches, along the Adige river with the abbey of San Zeno in the background. In beautiful Verona.

The splendid colors of autumn with Castelvecchio as a backdrop. In beautiful Verona.