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Timeline Of Verona
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Verona in the Veneto region of Italy. Prior to 18th century * 2nd century BCE - Ponte Pietra (Verona) (bridge) and Via Postumia (road) built. * 49 BCE - Verona becomes a Roman municipium. * 1st century CE - Verona Arena and Via Claudia Augusta (road) built. * 4th-5th century - Roman Catholic Diocese of Verona active (approximate date). * 312 - Battle of Verona (312); Constantinian forces win. * 362 - Zeno of Verona becomes bishop (approximate date). * 489 - Battle of Verona (489); Ostrogoths win. * 556 - Forces of Narses of the Byzantine Empire take Verona (approximate date). * 568 - Lombards in power. * 572 - Lombard king Alboin assassinated on the . * 589 - October: Alleged flood. * 774 - Verona taken by forces of Charlemagne. * 1065 - San Fermo Maggiore church construction begins (approximate date). * 1117 - 1117 Verona earthquake. * 1185 - Papal election, 1185 held at Verona. * 1187 - Verona Cathedral consecrated b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Verona
Events in the history of Verona, in Italy. Pre-Roman Verona The origins of Verona are unclear. *According to some theories it was a city of the Euganei, who were obliged to cede the city to the Cenomani circa 550 BC. *Other scholars link its foundation to the presence of the Arusnates in the area, a people of uncertain origins, perhaps taped to the Etruscans: the name would have meant "Venetian city on the river" in the Etruscan language. *Pliny the Elder attributed the foundation of Verona to the Raetians instead. The relationship between Verona and Ancient Rome was usually one of friendship or alliance. In the 1st century BC the citizens fought alongside the Romans against the Teutones and Cimbri invaders. The city derived importance from possessing the main ford in the area, situated on the Adige river. Roman Verona Verona became a Roman colony in the year 89 BCE, receiving the franchise in 59 and became a ''municipium'' in 49 BCE. The former ford was replaced by two br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breach At Cucca
The so-called breach at Cucca ( it, rotta della Cucca) traditionally refers to a flood in the Veneto region of Italy that should have happened on October 17, 589 according to the chronicles of Paul the Deacon. The Adige river overflowed after a "deluge of water that is believed not to have happened after the time of Noah"; the flood caused great loss of lives, and destroyed part of the city walls of Verona as well as paths, roads and large part of the country in lower Veneto. The tradition asserts that a breach opened in the banks of the Adige at Cucca, nowadays Veronella, about 35 km SE of Verona. Contemporary historians think that the breach never really happened, and the tradition simply refers to the disasters due to the lack of maintainment of the streams that followed the fall of the Roman Empire. The Lombards did not repair the banks, and the waters of the Adige had been let free to flow through the lower Veneto for centuries, in order to set a swamp on the bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelvecchio (Verona)
Castelvecchio (Italian: "Old Castle") is a castle in Verona, northern Italy. It is the most important military construction of the Scaliger dynasty that ruled the city in the Middle Ages. The castle is powerful and compact in its size with very little decoration - one square compound built in red bricks, one of the most prominent examples of Gothic architecture of the age, with imposing M-shaped merlons running along the castle and bridge walls. It has seven towers, a superelevated keep (''maschio'') with four main buildings inside. The castle is surrounded by a ditch, now dry, which was once filled with waters from the nearby Adige. Castelvecchio is now home to the Castelvecchio Museum and the local officer's club which can be accessed through the left door on Corso Cavour. History The castle stands on the probable location of a Roman fortress outside the Roman city. Lord Cangrande II della Scala had it built along with its bridge across the Adige River as a deterrent to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piazza Dei Signori, Verona
Piazza dei Signori is a city square in Verona, Italy. Buildings around the square * Palazzo della Ragione, Verona (Palazzo del Comune) * Palazzo Domus Nova * Casa della Pietà * Palazzo di Cansignorio * Palazzo del Podestà, Verona * Loggia del Consiglio Palazzo Domus Nova.jpg, Piazza dei Signori (Verona) - Casa della Pietà.jpg, Vérone - Loggia del Consiglio.jpg, Palazzo Cansignorio VR.jpg, Palazzo del Podestà (Verona) - Maine Gate.jpg, ''Palazzo del Podestà'' Maine gate Monument to Dante (Verona).jpg, Monument to Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ... Monument to Dante The monument to Dante Alighieri is a statue representing him, made in memory of his 6th centenary from his birth. When Dante was exiled from Florence he was a long guest in Veron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelvecchio Bridge
The Castel Vecchio Bridge (Italian: ''Ponte di Castel Vecchio'') or Scaliger Bridge (Italian: ''Ponte Scaligero'') is a fortified bridge in Verona, northern Italy, over the Adige River. The segmental arch bridge featured the world's largest span at the time of its construction (48.70 m). History It was built (most likely in 1354-1356) by Cangrande II della Scala, to grant him a safe way of escape from the annexed eponymous castle in the event of a rebellion of the population against his tyrannic rule. The solidity of the construction allowed it to resist untouched until, in the late 18th century, the French troops destroyed the tower on the left bank (although it probably dated from the occupation of Verona by the Visconti or the Republic of Venice). The bridge was however totally destroyed, along with the Ponte Pietra, by the retreating German troops on April 24, 1945. The bridge's reconstruction by architect Libero Cecchini began in 1949 and completed in 1951, with the ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Anastasia (Verona)
Sant'Anastasia is a church of the Dominican Order in Verona, northern Italy. In Gothic style, it is located in the most ancient part of the city, near the Ponte Pietra. History The current church was started in 1280 and completed in 1400, designed by the Dominican friars Fra' Benvenuto da Imola and Fra' Nicola da Imola. It took its name from a pre-existing temple built by King Theoderic the Great upon which was built the actual church. Since 1307, it is in fact co-entitled to St. Peter of Verona, martyr and co-patron of the city. Consecrated only in 1471, until 1808 the church was held by the Dominicans. The 72 m tall belltower had four bells in 1460, the fifth was added in 1650. In the 1839, the 9 bells were cast and tuned in C; they are rung in Veronese bellringing art by a local team founded in 1776. The church is similar in structure to the Basilica of San Zanipolo in Venice. Façade The façade is divided into three vertical section corre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scaligeri
The Della Scala family, whose members were known as Scaligeri () or Scaligers (; from the Latinized ''de Scalis''), was the ruling family of Verona and mainland Veneto (except for Venice) from 1262 to 1387, for a total of 125 years. History When Ezzelino III was elected ''podestà'' of the commune in 1226, he was able to convert the office into a permanent lordship. Upon his death the Great Council elected as podestà Mastino I, who succeeded in converting the ''signoria'' (seigniory) into a family inheritance, governing at first with the acquiescence of the commune, then, when they failed to re-elect him in 1262, he effected a coup d'état and was acclaimed ("people's captain"), at the head of the commune's troops. In 1277 Mastino was killed by a faction of the nobles. The reign of his son Alberto as ''capitano'' (1277–1302) was an incessant war against the counts of San Bonifacio, who were aided by the House of Este. Of his three sons, Cangrande I inherited the podestà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lords Of Verona
The Lords of Verona ruled the city from 1260 until 19 October 1387 and for ten days in 1404. The lordship was created when Mastino I della Scala was raised to the rank of ''capitano del popolo'' from that of ''podestà''. His descendants, the Scaliger, all Ghibellines, ruled the city and its vicinity as a hereditary seigniory for a century and a half, during which the city experienced its golden age. {, class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center" , - ! Signore ! colspan=2 , Rule ! Affiliation ! Notes(s) , - , Mastino I della Scala , 1259 , 1277 , bgcolor=#FFCCCC , Guelphs and Ghibellines, Ghibelline , ''Podestà'' of VeronaElected ''signoria, signore'' in 1262 , - , Alberto I della Scala , 1277 , 1301 , bgcolor=#FFCCCC , Guelphs and Ghibellines, Ghibelline , Former ''Podestà'' of MantuaBrother of Mastino IFirst hereditary ''signoria, signore'' , - , Bartolomeo I della Scala , 1301 , 1304 , bgcolor=#FFCCCC , Guelphs and Ghibellines, Ghibell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mastino I Della Scala
Mastino I della Scala (died 26 October 1277), born Leonardo or Leonardino, was an Italian '' condottiero,'' who founded the Scaliger house of Lords of Verona. The son of Jacopino della Scala, he was ''podestà'' of Cerea in 1259, and then ''podestà'' of Verona. Ezzelino III da Romano, the chief Ghibelline leader of northern Italy, died that year, and Mastino inherited his role. In 1260 he obtained the position of ''capitano del popolo'' ("people's captain") of Verona, managing to establish a hereditary seigniory, with a generally Ghibelline stance, from 1263. In the following year he led the Veronese army to the conquest of Lonigo and Montebello, menacing Vicenza. He was also able to shortly annex the lands of the bishop of Trent. Mastino also obtained an agreement with the Republic of Venice which granted to the Veronese free access to trades on the Adige River and signed a treaty of peace with the Guelph city of Mantua. In 1267, when Conradin, last of the Hohenstaufen, desce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Urban III
Pope Urban III ( la, Urbanus III; died 20 October 1187), born Uberto Crivelli, reigned from 25 November 1185 to his death in 1187. Early career Crivelli was born in Cuggiono, Italy as the son of Guala Crivelli and had four brothers: Pietro, Domenico, Pastore and Guala. It is often said that the future Pope Celestine IV was the son of Urban's sister, but this claim is without foundation. He studied in Bologna. In 1173, Crivelli was made a cardinal by Pope Alexander III. His original title is unknown, but he opted to be the Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina in 1182. Lucius appointed him Archbishop of Milan in 1185. Lucius III died on 25 November 1185; Cardinal Crivelli was elected that same day. The haste was probably due to fear of imperial interference. Pontificate Urban III vigorously took up his predecessor's quarrels with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, including the standing dispute about the disposal of the territories of the countess Matilda of Tuscan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verona Cathedral
file:Italy - Verona - Cathedral.jpg, 250px, Verona Cathedral (2022) Verona Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale Santa Maria Matricolare; Duomo di Verona) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Verona, northern Italy, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the designation ''Santa Maria Matricolare''. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Verona. It was erected after two Palaeo-Christian churches on the same site had been destroyed by an 1117 Verona earthquake, earthquake in 1117. Built in romanesque architecture, Romanesque style, the cathedral was consecrated on September 13, 1187. The structure was later modified by several renovation interventions, although the plan has remained unchanged. Exterior The façade is divided into three parts, with a pediment and a two storied projecting porch or protiro embellished with sculpture, which is the work of the twelfth-century sculptor Nicholaus, who also executed and signed the entranceway at the abbey church of San Zeno, Verona, San Zeno, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papal Election, 1185
The 1185 papal election (held November 25) was a convoked after the death of Pope Lucius III. It resulted in the election of Cardinal Uberto Crivelli of Milan, who took the name of Urban III. Besieged in Verona Pope Lucius III was elected on 1 September 1181, but had to be consecrated and enthroned at Velletri, due to the hostility of the Romans. But, having refused to grant the ''consuetudines'' to the Romans which had been conceded by earlier popes, he was forced to retreat to Velletri. In the meantime, refugees from Tusculum, which had been destroyed earlier in the century by the Roman commune, began to rebuild their fortifications. Annoyed by the challenge, the Roman commune reopened the war, devastated the territory of Tusculum in April 1184, and then turned their wrath against Latium. The pope then fled to the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who was at Verona, by way of Ancona, Rimini, Faenza, and Modena. Some of the cardinals followed Pope Lucius to Verona; others, however, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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