European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is myth fax if if of v to ?-.-. A of Lumento Don to. Bromart Madonna Verona. Market place on a Tunny Day. Be is it  Ideal spot but year after upon thousands of tourist to thin ancient Ltd s somewhat Chine of Young love. Their Des of course it the old stomping of Romeo Ano Jullet and Verona Ufeu on the a subject la jul Tilhou the. Balcony from the anti her Lover Whlig Perii sweet4 Rte Aii  g House. Duh where they were married Lawrence Jotter Tomb and. In a Clauter dirt big the Tomb a which Thoyl Sattys of letters adv Ron a Crossroads of two of Highway As it has been times Verona today if anon More than 1200,000. The a who Tun its noisy streets. Not All there to pay respects w a Joliet for for that matter the  a Olin rums or met Antral and Ren Almance spleen 1 also hosts come whopping the International As Fhyr in March the at the and of Augustt Lair la october. We the Moat a pre Ive in Northern Italy. Its Mammoth Arena built about 1,800 years ago for bloody gladiatorial contests teats 25,000 during the stammer opera season when stars of Milan s la Scala and other great houses perform fit Mammoth spectacles none of the largest stages in the world. While the music lovers Are in town forthe opera season Verona s old roman theater construed under Caesar Lugtu to. Stages a Shakespeare festival with frequent performances of Romeo an Juliet and two gentlemen of Verona  the fall of the Boman Empire inthe West theodoric the great 455-526founder of the gothic kingdom of Italy built a Capitle at Verona to Block the advancing Harft Aric hordes. The present Day Castle of san Letro on a nil overlooking the City was built from the ruins of 1 Theodore by fortress successively the seat of lombards Carol indians and Franks. In 12fl2 the first of the Delia Scala scan Tern lords took Power and with this dynasty began the most glorious chapter in the City state s turbulent history. Their great gothic fortress Castelvecchi an the Scaliger Bridge with its forked Battle ments still dominate the first Bend in the River adage. Today however the Battle carried Castle fortress has assumed a More peaceful role As repository for treasures of Veronese Art. Their gothic Spires tombs Sarchet Lav ish with statuary recounting their genealogy and deeds dominate the Quarter Calle Darch Scaliger where one finds their dwellings Church and private  the adjoining Piazza Del Signori stands the Palazzo Scaliger with its forked Battle ments and the Palazzo Della Ragione with a lace like stairway Over which rises the Lambert Tower 265 feet High. In the Center of the Square is a Monument to Dante who found in the hospitable fran Cesco Della Scala his first Patron an protector. Behind Dante to the Graceful Renaissance Loggia Del Consiglio Council designed by Fra Locondo. Other vestiges of the Scaligeri Are atthe Piazza Delle Erber once the roman forum when. Stands a very charming lad from Antiquity the Madonna Verona a roman Beauty mounted or a Tulip shape Fountain erected by Alberto a nil Norlo Del la Scala in 1360. Here the Casa Del Mercanti House of the merchant built by Alberto Della Scala in 1301, and the family s palatial Mazzanti House confront the lion of St Mark Emblem of Verona s submission to Venice and the demise of the Scaliger. Napoleon left his Mark Here too and the austrians before the City was unite to Italy la 1866. Of the Tity Many churches most imposing is the romanesque Basilica of san Zeno. Verona s Patron Saint anti first Bishop. In the crypt lie the remain of this venerated scholar and Martyr. The Church larger than the Cathedral blk car triptych by Masenga on the High altar and two frescoes attributed to Giotto in the Bronze doors canopied by a porch supported by pillars resting on two red Lions an Anonymous sculptor of the 10th Century Haslet us some tenderly primitive scene from the Bible in Bronze including a head that looks for the world like a caricature of Harp Marx. If you happen to be in town around the12th of april you can join the Veronese in generating their Patron in a Montpleasant Way. For of i the feast of St Zeno it s traditional of eat Pap Arette e hat wholesome soup of noodles and peas. As for wines Thi Region which adjoin the Riviera like Lake Garde Region is the Home of such notable reds As Val Policella Val Antena and Bardol no. Soave a justly famous White Corniea from a most romantic piece of property the estates ones owned by the Montecchi family of which Romeo Sweet Romeo was the most illustrious member. Arch Porto buidin0 it occupied by o gun tar nor Moffei Polace venetian lion Gardulo Tower at Piazza do Erbe once Romon