Photos of Castelvecchio Bridge

View from Ponte scaligero: Adige & Castelvecchio by Ostrosky Photos

&quot;Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans. Verona owes its historical and economical importance to its geographical location, in a loop of the Adige River near Lake Garda. Because of this position, the areas saw regular floodings until 1956, when the Mori-Torbole tunnel was constructed, providing 500 cubic meters of discharge from the Adige river to Lake Garda when there was danger of flooding. The tunnel reduced the risk of flooding from once every seventy years to once every two centuries. Verona is the setting of the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.&quot; Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verona" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verona</a>
The Castelvecchio Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Castelvecchio) or Skaliger 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... Read further
Post a comment
Arrange By:
There are no comments yet. Maybe be you will be the first one to post useful information for fellow travellers? :)

Tourist attractions shown on this image

Important copyright information