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The Grand Tour

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Verona has become a destination that the educated aristocracy of Europe cannot complete their travels without visiting: English lords, French scholars, and German princes make their way to the Arena, the Roman theater, and the Gothic tombs of the Scaligeri, spending freely and writing the city into the correspondence of every court on the continent. Their accounts turn Verona into a byword for Italy's layered heritage, a city where Roman, medieval, and Renaissance civilization can be read in a single afternoon's walk through streets that belong to no single century. This steady stream of wealthy and influential visitors enriches our treasury, opens diplomatic conversations that our size alone would never invite, and builds a reputation for civilization that travels far ahead of our armies.

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