VERONA, a city, the capital of the delegation of the name. It stands on the river Adige or Etsch, by which it is divided into two unequal parts, and over which is fine stone bridge of three arches, as well as three other. It is surrounded with walls defended by bastions, and once had three castles, St. Felice and St. Pietro in the valley and Castello-vecchio on a hill, all now neglected. The streets are generally narrow and crooked, and the squares or plazas are rather small. The houses are, many of them, at least, of vast size, and the best of them, as well as the most eminent public buildings, are the work of the celebrated Palladio. The city contains 8964 houses, with 55,500 inhabitants. Besides the cathedral there are fourteen parochial, and forty-eight other churches. Many of them are ornamented with the best paintings. The celebrated Ascension of the Virgin by Titian, is in the cathedral. This city abounds with Roman antiquities; and among the most remarkable of them is the amphitheatre. It was constructed under the reign of the emperor Domitian, but an Italian antiquary, named Giuliani, maintains that the original foundation was an Etruscan work of very remote date. The exterior has at present rather a ruinous appearance, but the interior is in excellent preservation, though the place is disfigured by the erection of a small wooden theatre on the arena. It is of an oval form, as the arena or stage is 225 feet long, and 135 feet broad. From it arises, over each other, forty-eight rows of seats with passages by steps between these at intervals. The seats and steps are of marble. According to one writer, can seat 22,000 spectators, but others have calculated space for a greater number, and one of them, Krickel, makes capable of seating 32,824. The access to the seats is easy, and the passages leading to them are spacious. It is in good repair, and when any part is broken or damaged, it is replaced.