. L'histoire de Vérone . apparemment inconvenante d'avoir daté de l'époque des Romains, étaient itonly pour la quantité de pièces de monnaie et d'inscriptions appartenant à cette période qui ont été trouvés là. Tregnano, situé dans la vallée de l'Illasi, est d'une date plus ancienne, en accord avec Cipolla, que Soave, bien que de plus petites hélices. Le principal point d'intérêt encore restant est aggrand ancienne tour pentagonale. De ceci un mur branchesout qui entoure le château et qui a des petites tours à intervalles, toutes d'une forme plus simple. Moreque un beau château se trouve dans cette même vallée d'Ilofasi, mais le plus connu est celui

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. The story of Verona . tainly seemto have dated from the time of the Romans, were itonly for the amount of coins and inscriptions belongingto that period which have been found there. Tregnano, lying in the valley of Illasi, is of an older date, accord-ing to Cipolla, than Soave, though of smaller propor-tions. The chief point of interest yet remaining is agrand old pentagonal tower. From this a wall branchesout which surrounds the castle and which has smalltowers at intervals, all of a most simple form. Morethan one fine castle stands in this same valley ofIllasi, but the best known is the one which takes itsname from the valley. It was presented to theScaligers by Pope Nicholas III., and, with the otherpossessions of the della Scalas, shared the same fatethat made the lords of Milan, and of Padua, and theVenetian Republic, owners in turn of their goodsand wealth. In the sixteenth century Illasi passedinto the hands of the Veronese patricians, the CountsPompei ; and their villas and houses form one of the282. RUINS OF THE VILI^ OF CATULLO 2b3 Verona and its Croivn of Castles chief features of the site, situated as they are at thefoot of the hill on which is perched the castle, andfrom where Ruskin wrote the beautiful description ofthe view obtained from here, and which is given inchapter x., p. 229. In 1885 Count Antonio Pompei, the last directdescendant of this great family, died. These Countsof Illasi, who had received their title from theVenetian Republic early in the sixteenth century(with the obligation of offering every year a waxtaper of the value of a ducat to the Church of StMark in Venice), received many and lasting honoursfrom other states and sovereigns. The EmperorCharles V. conferred the rights of citizens of Milanon them ; the same privilege with regard to the townof Mantua was granted by Duke Ferdinand Charles ;and Henry IV. allowed them to quarter the lilies ofFrance on their shield. This last Count of Illasi(whose family is now merged in that of th

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