Arco dei Gavi
Privately funded Roman arch of a noble family, dismantled by Napoleon's engineers and rebuilt stone by stone in the twentieth century.
Arco dei Gavi in Verona was paid for by a wealthy family rather than an emperor, and its architect broke Roman convention further by carving his own name, twice, into the pillars. The guide follows the arch through centuries as a city gate before French engineers dismantled it stone by stone in 1805 to widen a road for Napoleon's artillery. It picks up the trail of the numbered blocks, a wooden model, and a set of Renaissance drawings by Palladio that later gave one architect a shot at putting the puzzle back together. Look down at the paving underfoot, still grooved by two thousand years of cart wheels.
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