Legnago

Legnago stands on the Adige southeast of Verona. Its river crossing gave it military importance from the early Middle Ages, and the great fourteenth-century tower recalls the old town walls. The composer Antonio Salieri was born here in 1750. Napoleon ordered the older defences destroyed in 1801; after the return of Austrian rule, new fortifications were planned and built from 1815, renewing Legnago's role as a stronghold on the river.