Villafranca di Verona

Villafranca di Verona straddles the Tione River on Veneto’s Veronese plain, and its position on the historic route between Verona and Mantua gave the town importance beyond its modest scale. The medieval Castello Scaligero, with crenellated walls and towers, recalls the era when the Scaliger dynasty ruled Verona. At the Palazzo del Trattato in 1859, Napoleon III of France and Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria agreed the preliminary Peace of Villafranca, an important episode in the Italian Risorgimento. South of town, the level agricultural plain stretches towards Mantua, while Verona lies to the north-east. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Villafranca di Verona and the southern Veronese plain.

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