Italy: handbook for travellers First Part, Northern Italy and Corsica . ,with facade towards the exterior of the town, erected under theEmperor Gallienus, A. D. 265. The Corso leads in a straight direction to the once busyscenes of mediieval life. On the r. the traveller first reaches thePiazza delle Erbe, the fruit and vegetable market, formerly theforum of the Republic. At the upper end of it rises a MarbleColumn, which till 1797 bore the lion of St. Mark to indicatethe supremacy of the Republic of Venice. The Fountain isadorned with a statue of Verona, part of which is ancient. TheTribuna,
Italy: handbook for travellers First Part, Northern Italy and Corsica . ,with facade towards the exterior of the town, erected under theEmperor Gallienus, A. D. 265. The Corso leads in a straight direction to the once busyscenes of mediieval life. On the r. the traveller first reaches thePiazza delle Erbe, the fruit and vegetable market, formerly theforum of the Republic. At the upper end of it rises a MarbleColumn, which till 1797 bore the lion of St. Mark to indicatethe supremacy of the Republic of Venice. The Fountain isadorned with a statue of Verona, part of which is ancient. TheTribuna, with its canopy supported by four columns, in the centreof the Piazza, anciently served as a court of judicature. Manyof the surrounding houses are adorned with frescoes in the oldVeronese style, recently restored, such as the Casa Mazzantinear the column , and the Casa dei Mercanti of the 14th cent.,adorned with a statue of the Madonna. Opposite to it is theTower of the Municipio, upwards of 300 ft. in height. A shortstreet to the 1. of the latter leads to the small. Darmstadt, Ed Wagner
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