Gothic staircase of Palace of Reason (Palazzo della Ragione), historic Palace of Verona, located in the historic centre of Verona, Veneto, Italy
The complex is located between Piazza Erbe, Piazza dei Signori, Via Dante and Via Cairoli, thus occupying the southeast corner of what must have been the ancient Roman Court – namely Piazza Erbe. Two recent plaques are walled to the outside of the palace, indicating two discordant dates for construction of the palace (1138 and 1193). In 1218 a terrible fire involved much of the Palace, but it was rebuilt the following year. During Venetian domination, the Palace became the seat – in addition to the City Administration, of the civil and penal courts, the prison, the College of Notary Publics – with its own Chapel, which still exists in the northeaster corner of the Palace – of the silk customs offices, the Fiscal Chamber, the public granaries, the salt deposits, the Office of Health and others. In 1447 the so-called “Stairway of the Accounting Building” was built inside the courtyard, under Lamberti Tower.
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Location: VERONA, Veneto Region, northern Italy, Europe
Photo credit: © Lorenza photography / Alamy / Afripics
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