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Roman walls of Verona
Verona, Veneto in Italy
Republican-era brick masonry flanked by stone masonry from the Imperial period, near Porta Leoni.
Site information
ConditionVisible archaeological remains
Site history
FateLarge sections demolished or incorporated into medieval and modern buildings

The Roman walls of Verona were an important defensive curtain wall equipped with numerous towers and monumental gates, built in several successive construction phases starting in the late Republican age and continuing through the early Roman-Germanic kingdoms.

The first phase of construction of the defenses began around the second half of the 1st century B.C., following Verona's attainment of the rank of Roman municipium; a second phase of renovation and enlargement of the city walls took place in the 3rd century at the urging of Emperor Gallienus; and, finally, in a final phase in the early 6th century, Theodoric the Great had the Roman city defenses strengthened again, adding a second circle. Today few archaeological ruins of the walls remain, while the two main gates, Porta Borsari and Porta Leoni, are better preserved.

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