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Piazza Bra, often shortened to Bra, is the largest piazza in Verona, Italy, with some claims that it is the largest in the country.[1] The piazza is lined with numerous cafés and restaurants, along with several notable buildings.[1] The Verona Arena, an amphitheatre built nearly 2000 years ago, is now a world-famous music venue with regular operatic and contemporary music performances. Verona's town hall, the Palazzo Barbieri, also looks out across the piazza.
Plan of Piazza Bra 1: Verona Arena 2: Palazzo Barbieri 3: Gran GuardiaNight at Piazza Bra (Arena and Municipio)The Bra from the Arena
A garden within Bra is shaded by cedar and pine trees.[1] It surrounds the fountain of the Alps and a bronze statue of Victor Emmanuel II.[1][2] This monument to the first king of Italy, in which he is sat atop a horse, was inaugurated on 9 January 1883, five years to the day after his death.[3]
There are many significant buildings within and around Bra, with construction taking place over many centuries.
The building itself was built in the first century AD on a site then beyond the city walls. The ludi (shows and games) staged there were so famous that spectators came from many other places, often far away, to witness them. While it can now host crowds of up to 22,000, the original amphitheatre could seat 30,000 spectators.[4] The arena has been used by many contemporary performers including Pink Floyd,[5]Rod Stewart,[6]Elton John,[7] and Muse. It has also hosted numerous operas,[1] including in 1946 Ponchielli's La Gioconda which saw the debut of Maria Callas.[8]
Gran Guardiaedit
The Gran GuardiaThe Gran Guardia at night
Palazzo della Gran Guardia [it], was the first building erected on the southern edge of Bra. It was originally designed by Domenico Curtoni as a roof built from the existing wall out to several pillars. Leonardo Donato, 90th Doge of Venice, had requested an area for troops to shelter in poor weather. Work commenced in 1610 but stopped when there was a shortfall in available funds. Nearly 200 years later, in 1808, architect Giuseppe Barbieri was commissioned to design and complete the project but it was a further 45 years before it was finished.[3]
The building is now used as a venue for conferences, meetings, and exhibitions.[9]
Palazzo Barbieri is Verona's town hall. Originally named Palazzo della Gran Guardia Nuova, it was designed by Giuseppe Barbieri and was later named in his honour.[2] Construction began in 1836 and was completed by 1848.[3]
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^ abcdeParks, Tim. Verona: Take the pulse in the piazza. The Telegraph. 5 January 2008. Accessed 28 September 2011.
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian September 2011 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Italian article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 3 067 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at it Piazza Bra see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated it Piazza Bra to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Piazza Bra often shortened to Bra is the largest piazza in Verona Italy with some claims that it is the largest in the country 1 The piazza is lined with numerous cafes and restaurants along with several notable buildings 1 The Verona Arena an amphitheatre built nearly 2000 years ago is now a world famous music venue with regular operatic and contemporary music performances Verona s town hall the Palazzo Barbieri also looks out across the piazza Plan of Piazza Bra1 Verona Arena2 Palazzo Barbieri3 Gran Guardia Night at Piazza Bra Arena and Municipio The Bra from the Arena Contents 1 Architecture 1 1 Verona Arena 1 2 Gran Guardia 1 3 Palazzo Barbieri 2 ReferencesArchitecture editA garden within Bra is shaded by cedar and pine trees 1 It surrounds the fountain of the Alps and a bronze statue of Victor Emmanuel II 1 2 This monument to the first king of Italy in which he is sat atop a horse was inaugurated on 9 January 1883 five years to the day after his death 3 There are many significant buildings within and around Bra with construction taking place over many centuries Verona Arena edit nbsp The Verona Arena in 2008 Main article Verona Arena The building itself was built in the first century AD on a site then beyond the city walls The ludi shows and games staged there were so famous that spectators came from many other places often far away to witness them While it can now host crowds of up to 22 000 the original amphitheatre could seat 30 000 spectators 4 The arena has been used by many contemporary performers including Pink Floyd 5 Rod Stewart 6 Elton John 7 and Muse It has also hosted numerous operas 1 including in 1946 Ponchielli s La Gioconda which saw the debut of Maria Callas 8 Gran Guardia edit nbsp The Gran Guardia nbsp The Gran Guardia at night Palazzo della Gran Guardia it was the first building erected on the southern edge of Bra It was originally designed by Domenico Curtoni as a roof built from the existing wall out to several pillars Leonardo Donato 90th Doge of Venice had requested an area for troops to shelter in poor weather Work commenced in 1610 but stopped when there was a shortfall in available funds Nearly 200 years later in 1808 architect Giuseppe Barbieri was commissioned to design and complete the project but it was a further 45 years before it was finished 3 The building is now used as a venue for conferences meetings and exhibitions 9 Palazzo Barbieri edit nbsp The Palazzo Barbieri in 2007 Palazzo Barbieri is Verona s town hall Originally named Palazzo della Gran Guardia Nuova it was designed by Giuseppe Barbieri and was later named in his honour 2 Construction began in 1836 and was completed by 1848 3 References edit a b c d e Parks Tim Verona Take the pulse in the piazza The Telegraph 5 January 2008 Accessed 28 September 2011 a b Bonechi Casa Editrice Verona ISBN 88 476 1432 5 pp 10 16 a b c Lenotti Tullio 1954 La Bra in Italian Verona Edizioni di Vita Veronese pp 14 16 20 29 39 Priante Giovanni 2006 L Arena e Verona 140 anni di storia The Arena and Verona 140 years of history in Italian Verona Athesis p 55 Fitch Vernon Pink Floyd Concert Appearances Archived 2009 06 20 at the Wayback Machine The Pink Floyd Archives Accessed 28 September 2011 Vagabond Tour 1991 92 Smiler Accessed 28 September 2011 Bodoh David Elton John Concerts in 2009 Archived 2011 09 28 at the Wayback Machine Eltonography com Accessed 30 September 2011 Ardoin John Gerald Fitzgerald 1974 Callas The Art and the Life New York Holt Rinehart and Winston ISBN 0 03 011486 1 2011 in Italian Palazzo della Gran Guardia Mostre a Verona Exhibitions in Verona Accessed 30 September 2011 45 26 20 N 10 59 34 E 45 43889 N 10 99278 E 45 43889 10 99278 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Piazza Bra amp oldid 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