Photo by Kmil P. Albrccht 



IN TH]; PIAZZA Dlthh^ ERBi; I VERONA 



Note the fading frescoes on the old palace to the right and the Venetian lion on his 

 stately pedestal. The lady of the fountain is Madonna Verona, an antique statue, much 

 restored ; about her feet the market women freshen their flowers and wash their vegetables. 

 The market here is the most varied, most picturesque, most "Ttalian" in all the world. Writ- 

 ing of Verona, Ruskin says: "She has virtually represented the fate and beauty of Italy 

 to me." 



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