Piazza dei Signori

This guide to Piazza dei Signori in Verona starts beneath the Arco della Costa, where a mysterious rib bone has hung since the seventeen hundreds, said to fall on anyone dishonest who passes beneath it. You'll hear the competing legends about how it got there, from a crusader's trophy to an apothecary's shop sign, before stepping into the square itself, ringed by the old Scaligeri palace and the Renaissance columns of the Loggia del Consiglio. It also pauses at Dante's statue, exiled from Florence and, briefly, from Verona too. Stand under the arch before you enter the square proper.