Lecture given while Zambonini was at Georgia Tech, as part of a joint symposium with Clemson University.

Written while attending the Istituto Universitario di Architettura in Venice,Zambonini's graduate thesis was directed by the architect and designer Carlo Scarpa. The thesis takes as its subject urban planning in, and the architectural history of, Verona. Included here are notes, photographs, maps, and other materials used by Zambonini in researching his thesis. There are not, however, any drafts of the thesis.