Killing Cangrande Mystery Tour in Verona
Verona, Italy
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Trip Type: Cultural Tours
Duration: 3 hours
Led by a local registered tour guide, become real detectives and,
walking through the historical centre, let the city of Verona – with the
help of monuments, legends, riddles, games and clues – reveal this long
buried truth.
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Led by a local registered tour guide, become real detectives and,
walking through the historical centre, let the city of Verona – with the
help of monuments, legends, riddles, games and clues – reveal this long
buried truth.
Verona, July, the 24th, 1329
It’s dawn when a long funeral procession enters from Porta Palio to the Church of Santa Maria Antica. On a hearse, the body of Cangrande della Scala, the lord of Verona, the friend of Dante Alighieri, who died just two days before in Treviso. For centuries his death remained shrouded in mystery. In 2004, an autopsy performed on the mummified body of Cangrande has lifted the veil and revealed the real cause of death: poisoning.
Are you ready to investigate a 700 year old murder?
This isn't a normal walking tour: with "Killing Cangrande" experience, you'll be the real protagonists of a real investigation: each stop of the itinerary lets you to know something about the medieval Verona and to collect evidences and clues to solve the mystery.
Start from Castelvecchio courtyard and head to Piazza Bra. next, follow the clues to Santa Maria della Scala church, Piazza delle Erbe and Sant' Elena church. See Sant'Anastasia church and the Scaliger Tombs (Arche Scaligere).
Not all the clues are simple to understand! You'll be ask to solve some riddles to get all the information you need.
Until the end of the tour, when the truth will be revealed: will you succeed? Will you find out who killed Cangrande della Scala, why they did it and how?
It’s dawn when a long funeral procession enters from Porta Palio to the Church of Santa Maria Antica. On a hearse, the body of Cangrande della Scala, the lord of Verona, the friend of Dante Alighieri, who died just two days before in Treviso. For centuries his death remained shrouded in mystery. In 2004, an autopsy performed on the mummified body of Cangrande has lifted the veil and revealed the real cause of death: poisoning.
Are you ready to investigate a 700 year old murder?
This isn't a normal walking tour: with "Killing Cangrande" experience, you'll be the real protagonists of a real investigation: each stop of the itinerary lets you to know something about the medieval Verona and to collect evidences and clues to solve the mystery.
Start from Castelvecchio courtyard and head to Piazza Bra. next, follow the clues to Santa Maria della Scala church, Piazza delle Erbe and Sant' Elena church. See Sant'Anastasia church and the Scaliger Tombs (Arche Scaligere).
Not all the clues are simple to understand! You'll be ask to solve some riddles to get all the information you need.
Until the end of the tour, when the truth will be revealed: will you succeed? Will you find out who killed Cangrande della Scala, why they did it and how?
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