With access from the enchanting Loggia delle Sgarzerie, a flight of stairs leads to one of the most evocative archaeological sites in Verona.
The area preserves part of the ancient Capitolium complex, the most important temple of the Roman city dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerva.

Nestled on the first slopes of the hills of Verona, there is a treasure of art and architecture dating back to the 1st century AD, the Roman villa of Valdonega. Below street level there are the remains of a residential building of exceptional value, equipped with mosaic floors, frescoed walls, columns and capitals.

Below the courtyard of Palazzo Vimercati which, together with other buildings, is now the seat of the "Daughters of Jesus" Congregation, lies a surprising archaeological area, the subject of recent restoration and rearrangement works.
Crossing the entrance, a fascinating archaeological palimpsest opens up to the visitor's view which preserves very important evidence of the city's curtain wall and its evolutionary phases, from the Roman municipal age to the early Middle Ages. Furthermore, two rooms of a rich domus from the imperial age are kept here, built close to the walls and equipped with magnificent, extraordinarily preserved floors.