in one of my past visit in Verona I was amased to remarked how many statues are concentrated in the restricted space formed by Piazza Erbe and Piazza Dante. As can be seen in Piazza Dante, on the roof of the Lodge of Frà Giocondo o Loggia del Consiglio:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggia_del_Consiglio (in Italian)
are present five characters not easily identifiable. On an arc at an entrance of the place the statue of Girolamo Fracastoro with a stone ball in one hand. According to the tradition Girolamo let the ball to fall on the head of the first wise person passing under the arc. In Piazza delle Erbe the Roman staue popularly called Madonna Verona, the Venetian lion and the statues on the roof of palazzo Maffei representing pagan deities:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Maffei (in Italian).
If in your town exists something of similar, please let me know. It would be interesting to make comparisons.
Saluti
Giancarlo
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