Sona

Sona

Sona, a charming town on the moraine hills

Since ancient times, Sona has attracted great attention thanks to its strategic position halfway between Verona and Lake Garda, and for the sweetness of its morainic hills covered with vineyards, olive, cherry and peach trees. The Romans, the Longobards, the Scaligeri and later the Serenissima Republica of Venice settled here leaving behind splendid villas and rural courts. There is much evidence of the Italian Risorgimento and the battles fought between Sona and Custoza in 1848 One such example is the watchtower known as La Guglia immersed in the centuries-old Parco Romani of Villa Trevisani. Today the municipality of Sona includes the communities of Palazzolo, where the Scaligera Tower stands, San Giorgio in Salici and Lugagnano.

What to do in Sona

Every year, events and festivals attract an increasing number of visitors, such as the Sant’Anna festival in Lugagnano and the Carnival parade with masks and allegorical floats arriving from all over the province. As for points of interest, here too you are spoilt for choice. In Palazzolo there is the Parish Church of Santa Giustina, considered the oldest in Europe and built before the year one thousand, in Lugagnano the Church of Sant’Anna houses the masterpiece “Arbor redentionis” that recalls the story of Salvation. The “Attilio Fedrigo” Palaeontological Museum, located in the Library of Sona, collects fossils from Italy and abroad. There are also many natural beauties to be discovered through the cycling routes that cross the whole territory.

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Points of interest in Sona

Attilio Fedrigo Paleontological and Territorial Origin Museum

Attilio Fedrigo Paleontological and Territorial Origin Museum

Museo Civico "Fedrigo", Piazza della Vittoria, Sona, VR, Italia

The Museum named after Attilio Fedrigo contains fossil material of great beauty and importance. Through several hundred finds from Italy and abroad, it offers a broad view of the living forms on earth, starting from the most distant eras (Paleozoic,…

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Church of San Quirico and Giulitta

Church of San Quirico and Giulitta

Chiesa dei Santi Quirico e Giulitta, Via San Quirico, Sona, VR, Italia

The small 15th-century church is dedicated to Saint Quirico and his mother Giulitta, who were both martyred in the year 304 during the persecution ordered by Emperor Diocletian. It is located in Sona, in the direction of the valley that marks the Ver…

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Church of San Rocco

Church of San Rocco

Chiesetta di San Rocco, Via San Rocco, San Rocco, VR, Italia

In Fornelli, today known as San Rocco, in the shade of centuries-old trees stands the church of the same name, a small masterpiece of religious architecture in the Sonese area. Located on the road from San Giorgio to Rosolotti, it welcomes us with it…

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Feniletto memorial stone

Feniletto memorial stone

Località Fenilon, Sona, VR, Italia

The Cippo del Feniletto (stone of Feniletto) is located in San Giorgio in Salici in the village of the same name. The small monument commemorates the names of four Austrian officers and an unknown Italian soldier, who fell in the area during the Thir…

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Hall of frescoes

Hall of frescoes

Via Roma, 23, 37060 Sona, VR, Italia

In Sona, between one monastery and another, there are also villas that have retained the names of their first owners throughout history. On the left-hand side of Via Roma, near the centre, there is an old villa that does not bear the name of any illu…

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Monte Baldo Mountain Hut Historical Museum – Lugagnano di Sona

Monte Baldo Mountain Hut Historical Museum – Lugagnano di Sona

Gruppo Alpini Lugagnano, Via Caduti del Lavoro, Sona, VR, Italia

The museum is part of a project of the National Alpine Association and is divided into four thematic areas: The tools of agricultural and manufacturing trades, church and daily life in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The radio transmitters of the Sec…

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Monument to the fallen in the Great War, the first in Veneto

Monument to the fallen in the Great War, the first in Veneto

Via Piave, 3, Sona, VR, Italia

The war memorial in the parish churchyard of Palazzolo, the first to be erected in the Veneto region and the fourth in Italy after the end of the First World War, was inaugurated on 3 August 1919. The story goes that during the war Don Augusto visite…

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Parish Church of Christ the King and fresco “Arbor Redemptionis”, Lugagnano

Parish Church of Christ the King and fresco “Arbor Redemptionis”, Lugagnano

Chiesa di Lugagnano, Via Don Giuseppe Fracasso, Sona, VR, Italia

The present parish church was opened for worship on 1 May 1955, although it was still in a rough state. The construction work began in 1948 and continued with commitment for 7 years. Thanks to the donations of the families, the completion works were…

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Parish church of Santa Giustina – Palazzolo di Sona

Parish church of Santa Giustina – Palazzolo di Sona

Pieve di Santa Giustina, Via Santa Giustina, Sona, VR, Italia

The small church of Romanesque origin, surrounded by the cemetery, is located on a hill to the north of the present village. It is said that in the 4th century, St Zeno, bishop of Verona, came here to celebrate mass on the hill, halfway between Veron…

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Scaliger Tower

Scaliger Tower

Torre Scaligera, Via Castello, Sona, VR, Italia

The 14th-century Scaliger Tower stands on a hill 200 metres above sea level. Due to its dominant position, it served as a lookout and was designated as a trigonometric point, i.e. unequivocally visible from other places. The tower had been identified…

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The Tunnel or Walk of Love – San Giorgio in Salici, Località Bulgarella in Guastalla di Sona

The Tunnel or Walk of Love – San Giorgio in Salici, Località Bulgarella in Guastalla di Sona

Sentiero dell'amore, Sona, VR, Italia

The Tunnel of Love runs between two branches of the River Tione and is characterised by slopes covered with woods on either side and a pleasant microclimate. Among the plant and animal species that distinguish this habitat are the hazelnut, the elder…

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Villa Trevisani – Calderara

Villa Trevisani – Calderara

Parco Cavalier Romani di Villa Trevisani Calderara, Via Roma, Sona, VR, Italia

A hundred metres from the Town Hall, surrounded by a centuries-old park, stands the 19th-century Villa Trevisani-Calderara, now home to the Cavalier Romani nursery school. This large, noble residence is listed in the Regional Register of Venetian Vil…

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