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The streets of Verona: Via Mazzini
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  • By JLBG on May 23, 2005
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    I took this photo for the amazing pinnacle standing at the beginning of Via Mazzini from Piazza Brā, but when I viewed it, I found there was an engraved slab on the front wall of the house 85, via Mazzini, on the southern side, towards the Brā and I tried to read it, what you will be unable to do, as the sharpness of the picture had to be downgraded for VT.

    It says :
    IN QUESTA CASA
    CARLOTTA ASCHIERI
    VENTICINQUENNE E INCINTA
    CADDE TRUCIDATA DAGLI AUSTRIACI
    ULTIMO SFOGO
    DI MORIBONDA TIRANNIDE
    6 OTTOBRE 1866

    "In this house, Carlotta Aschieri, 25 years old and pregnant fall, slaughtered by the Austrian in October 6th 1866, last fire of a dying tyranny"

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    The streets of Verona: Female angels !?!
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  • By JLBG on May 23, 2005
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    Once enlarged (I show only the right figure but the left is exactly alike), I found that they were undoubtedly female angels holding a laurel crown in one hand and a palm leave in the other :
    1) they have wings and a human figure with wings cannot be anything else than an angel.
    2) they have breasts and the right one is even showing (I know this is not Janet Jackson but anyway, US citizens and children should NOT look at this indecent exposure. Others can). A human figure with breasts is usually a female, unless it has been fed with hormone stuffed veal, in which case it might be a transsexual. If angels are allowed to shop at the Gods and Co supermarket and feed on ambrosia, as do Gods in the Olympia there is no hazard of transsexual angels.
    From the above, I can say that female angels exist. I HAVE SEEN them !

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    The streets of Verona: Via Mazzini, Loggia Arvedi
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  • By JLBG on May 23, 2005
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    Actually, I noticed this carving only when I viewed my pictures and I feel sorry that I have not taken a closer look at it and taken a picture with tele lens. Anyway, I have made an enlargement of the scene. It shows, under an olive tree, a man strangling a lion with its bare hands while two sheeps keep grazing and a third is sleeping (he cannot stand, the poor thing, as it is in the far right corner and there is no head space !). After extensive research, I have found that it represented Hercules fighting the lion Nemeo.

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    The streets of Verona: Via Mazzini southwards
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  • By JLBG on May 23, 2005
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    Ed Via Mazzini southwards
    On the left of the picture the church of San Tommaso Apostolo (Saint Thomas the Apostle), colloquially called San Tomėo. It was already mentioned in 1409 but the church is certainly much older. In the XVIth century, a fragment of a Roman arch from the second century AD was recuperated. It was most likely to be connected with the portic that ran around the Forum (Piazza Erbe). It is now known as "arco di San Tomėo" (Saint Thomas arch).

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    The streets of Verona: Close-up on the pinnacle Via Mazzini
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  • By JLBG on May 23, 2005
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    The pinnacle was carved at the end of the "Trecento" (XIVth century). It is about 1.7 high and stands on a renewed column of about 3.5 meter. The top is square and under a canopy has a statue on each face. It was not easy to find that they represented la Madonna (Virgin Mary), Santo Giacomo (Saint James), Santo Antonio Abate (Saint Antony Abate) and San Marco (Saint Marc).

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    The streets of Verona: Via Mazzini, Loggia Arvedi
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  • By JLBG on May 23, 2005
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    Via Mazzini, la Loggia Arvedi was built in 1816 in a neo-classical style where formerly was Palazzo Pellegrini. Gian Antonio Arvedi, a silk maker hired the architect Giuseppe Barbieri. It is a very fine example of neoclassical style. The three arches are topped by lion's faces on the side, by Mercure's in the middle. At the upper level, the loggia, with an elliptic plan, has ionic columns and a balustra. A triangular tympan tops the whole. It is worth an enlarging (next picture)

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    The streets of Verona: United colors of Benetton !
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  • By JLBG on May 23, 2005
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    Another neoclassical entrance. This one has been hijacked by United colors of Benetton but this is not why I took this picture. On each side of the top of the entrance, two amazing figures are leaning. At first, I thought they were Roman ladies. We will see on the following enlargement that they are not !

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    The streets of Verona: Via Capello, Roman wall
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  • By JLBG on May 23, 2005
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    Still on Via Capello, a part of a Roman wall is kept, half demolished but still standing. It seems that it was included in the structure of some house that has been put down. However, now that people in charge are aware, let us hope that it will be kept.

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    The streets of Verona: Via Mazzini northwards
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  • By JLBG on May 23, 2005
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    The importance of Via Mazzini arises from the fact that it is the shortest way to walk from Piazza Delle Erbe, the old center of the city to Piazza Brā, which is now the most popular part of Verona. It was named Via Mazzini in 1907 but before that, it had been colloquially called Via Nuova (New Street) as its first part (north) was drown in 1391 after Gian Galeazzo Visconti, squire of Verona decided to demolish a few houses.

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    The streets of Verona: Via Capello
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  • By JLBG on May 23, 2005
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    This photo was taken north-westwards in via Capello, late afternoon. Then, the tower in the middle of the picture should be Torre dei Lamberti. However, though several features correspond, I feel the identification is not correst and I should ask to Verona's specialist, Boris Croisbeauty.

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