Verona - Piazza Brà
To the south of Corso Cavour in Verona and linked with it by a number of streets is the spacious Piazza Brà (from Latin pratum, "meadow"). On the north side of the square, near the end of Via Mazzini, is the Palazzo Malfatti, by Sammichele. Opposite it stands an equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel II (1883).
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Palazzo Municipale
On the south side of the Piazza Brà is the Palazzo Municipale or Town Hall (1836-38, semicircular extension built after 1945). To the right the long building of the Gran Guardi was the old guard-house (1614), and adjoining this the Portoni della Brà, an old gateway and tower. Beyond this are the Museo Lapidario Maffeiano (Lapidarium) and the Teatro Filarmonico (opera).
