Santa Anastasia and the River Adige I
The Basilica di Santa Anastasia stands high above the River Adige, with the tower of Il Duomo behind and the Santuario nostra Signora di Lourdes up on the hill in the distance.
The Gothic Church of Santa Anastasia in Verona dates back to the late 13th century, when two Dominican friars designed a place of worship.
Work on the basilica, the largest church in Verona, bigger even than the Duomo, took place over the 14th and 15th centuries, though the façade was never completed.
Inside, the church is built over three large aisles, with pillars in Veronese red marble and artworks by Pisanello and Giolfino and a water stoop made with a carved hunchback by il Veronese.
The Santuario nostra Signora di Lourdes (Santuario della Madonna di Lourdes) is a Christian shrine based in an old Austrian fort in the hills above Verona.
The shrine was originally in the centre of Verona, but was damaged during bombing in the Second World War and relocated to its present site – built in 1838.
During the Second World War, the fortress was used as a prison for Allied soldiers and the Jewish population of the area.
Santa Anastasia and the River Adige I
The Basilica di Santa Anastasia stands high above the River Adige, with the tower of Il Duomo behind and the Santuario nostra Signora di Lourdes up on the hill in the distance.
The Gothic Church of Santa Anastasia in Verona dates back to the late 13th century, when two Dominican friars designed a place of worship.
Work on the basilica, the largest church in Verona, bigger even than the Duomo, took place over the 14th and 15th centuries, though the façade was never completed.
Inside, the church is built over three large aisles, with pillars in Veronese red marble and artworks by Pisanello and Giolfino and a water stoop made with a carved hunchback by il Veronese.
The Santuario nostra Signora di Lourdes (Santuario della Madonna di Lourdes) is a Christian shrine based in an old Austrian fort in the hills above Verona.
The shrine was originally in the centre of Verona, but was damaged during bombing in the Second World War and relocated to its present site – built in 1838.
During the Second World War, the fortress was used as a prison for Allied soldiers and the Jewish population of the area.