A NIGHT AT THE OPERA—AT THE ROMAN ARENA, VERONA
‘Aida’ at the Arena
This year was the 96th season of opera to be held in the spectacular Roman Arena at Verona. A little older than Rome’s Coliseum, it was built around 3…
SIRMIONE, LAKE GARDA—HOME TO A MOATED CASTLE AND AN ENORMOUS ROMAN VILLA
Scaglieri Castle, the entrance into Sirmione.
‘The pearl of islands!’ wrote the Roman poet Catullus in the 1st century BCE, describing the town of Sirmione, on the southe…
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