Castel San Felice
Nineteenth-century Austrian fortress meadow, once sealed off, now laced with urban trekking paths above the rooftops.
This guide to Castel San Felice in Verona starts with joggers crossing a grassy parade ground unaware of the gunpowder magazine and vaulted tunnel beneath their feet. It traces five centuries of military building on this hillside, from Cangrande della Scala's first city wall in the 1320s and the Visconti stronghold of 1390, through Michele Sanmicheli's oversized cistern, to Napoleon's demolition and the Austrian rebuilding under Franz von Scholl. You'll hear how a fortress meant to guard Verona ended up sealed off from it for decades. Climb the urban trekking path between the two forts for the view over the rooftops.
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