Arena and Museo Lapidario Maffeiano. Guide

The Arena di Verona has lived many lives: from an arena for gladiatorial combat to a quarry for building materials, from a refuge for workshops to centre of numerous legends. Today, it is the largest open-air opera theatre in the world. This guide narrates its history, its structure and its vicissitudes, including collapses and changes of use.

Further enriching the volume is an extensive description of the Museo Lapidario Maffeiano, one of the oldest museums in Europe and a key location for the conservation and promotion of Roman artefacts.

Two extraordinary places, linked to the Roman past of the city of Verona, which are still today symbols of pride throughout the world.

The guide is also available in Italian and German.