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Gardaland park is the most famous and most visited site in Italy, is currently ranked among the top fifteen emotions parks in Europe. According to a ranking of 2009 provided by the Ministry of Culture, Gardaland is the most visited tourist destination in the Veneto and the thirds in Italy. Opened 19 July 1975 by Furini Livio, a merchant of Peschiera del Garda after a visit to Disneyland in California was so impressed that he decided to create something even on the shores of beautiful Lake Garda...
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The first Scaliger houses can be found in the area around Piazza dei Signori, which was already densely populated in Roman times. Initially they were very modest, being the characteristic house and tower structure but were later enlarged and transformed into mansions with the growth of the family's power, whilst around them other buildings were put up and used for court administration, and are today the palaces of the Tribunale and Prefettura....
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Verona historical center is either pedestrian precinct or limited traffic area. In the past few years the number of bicycle tracks and their length has increased considerably and now they connect various areas of Verona. Bicycle it's probably the ideal way to visit Verona. With a bicycle you can easily reach important monuments such as the Venetian city walls and monumental gates, St. Zeno and St. Giorgio's churches, the Roman Theater...
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Around the historical centre of Verona, at each step, signs of the grandeur of the former Roman city are still recognizable in the roads and monuments of modern Verona. Protected on three sides by the loop in the river Adige, and defended in the south by the stone walls of the city, Roman Verona was clearly defined by the Decumano (now Corso Sant’Anastasia and Corso Portoni Borsari) and by the Cardo (now Via Leoni), with the minor streets branching out from these. The two main streets intersected at the Forum, present-day Piazza delle Erbe, which, at that time, and for centuries afterwards, was the economical and political centre of the city.
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| | Established 16 years ago, Pagus Wine Tours offers wine country tours around the Veronese territory in northern Italy. Our winery tours will take you through both traditional and modern wine routes where you will encounter the highly prized Amorone wine, as well as many other delightful wines from the DOC region. On Pagus Wine Tours, wine tasting tours you will be accompanied by authorized tour leaders and... |