An Austrian Fort (now a church, the Santuario della Madonna di Lourdes), was used to incarcerate and torture Allied troops, Jews and anti-fascists, especially after 1943, when Verona became part of the Italian Social Republic.
Leta 1866 po šestih tednih vojne (bitka pri Königrätzu), je Verona, skupaj s preostalim delom Benečije, postala del Italije.