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In current italian "edicola" means a newspaper stall or shop.
But the name, coming from Latin, literrally means "little house"... And that's why this sort of monuments placed on a pillar, representing saint or the VIP's of the age in a sort of little house, are still called "edicole".
You can easily pass under this one, and ignore it... But if you look at picture #2, you will understand easily where it is... Near the Arena "wing", at the beginning of via Mazzini, the street of the main shops of Verona.
You can find another "edicola", quite similar to this one, at the east side of Piazza Erbe... There is a picture on my "See the roman forum at night" tip. Leave a Comment Address: Via Mazzini, angolo Piazza BraDirections: North west side of Piazza Bra
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In 2006 I unfortunately didn't see the new production of Puccini's Tosca, which is too bad because it was highly praised by the critics. The staging, set design, costumes and lighting for Tosca were all by Hugo de Ana (not Zeffirelli).
While other operas were being performed, they stored parts of the Tosca stage set out on Piazza Bra. (The building in the background is called the Gran Guardia, by the way.)
Second photo: Parts of the Tosca stage, from above.
Third photo: Evidently they used this wooden wagon in Tosca.
Fourth and fifth photos: Cannons and other stage elements from Tosca. Leave a Comment
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This historic theater was built on the Via Roma, at one corner of the Piazza Bra, starting in 1716. For three decades it was the city's opera house, until it burned down (set on fire by a forgotten torch) on the night of January 21st, 1749. But it was rebuilt, and reopened in 1754.
191 years later the theater was destroyed again, this time by an air raid on February 23rd, 1945. But again it was rebuilt, and was reopened in 1975.
Today the Filarmonico is not only an opera venue. Besides operas, they put on numerous other musical events such as concerts and ballets. There are no performances there during the summer, but I did notice an orchestra rehearsal going on there.
Second photo: Entrance to the box office on Via Roma (with bicycles).
Third photo: Colonnade of the Teatro Filarmonico on Via Roma.
Fourth photo: Back of the Teatro Filarmonico.
Fifth photo: Stage entrance. Leave a Comment Phone: 045 800 5151
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These folks are at the top of the Arena steps looking out at Piazza Bra, which is the big open square in front of the Arena. The building in the background is the City Hall.
Second photo: Looking out at another corner of Piazza Bra.
Third photo: Part of Piazza Bra at night after the opera performance.
Fourth and fifth photos: If you walk around Piazza Bra past the front of the Arena in the late afternoon, you can look into some of the archways and see where they keep the costumes for the hundreds of supernumeraries (extra players) who appear in the operas. Leave a Comment
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