Above The Rooftops of Verona
The city of Verona, spread out beneath the Torre dei Lamberti, with the towers of Il Duomo to the left and the Basilica di Santa Anastasia to the right.
Verona’s Duomo was consecrated in 1187, having been built on the site of an ancient Christian structure, and has served as one of the city’s many centres of religious devotion ever since.
It has been worked on for almost all of its 825-year history, with major restoration carried out in the 15th and 16th centuries and the bell tower added in 1927.
The interior is a mixture of architectural styles, from Romanesque in its lower levels to Gothic the higher up you go, which each chapel has its own individual feel.
There is a grand organ and artwork by the likes of Titian and Falconetto decorating the interior.
The Duomo is part of a larger cathedral complex with the churches of San Giovanni in Fonte and Sant’Elana, the latter built roughly over the location of a fourth-century basilica.
Recent restoration has involved the restoration of the frescoes and the lighting system.
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 Torre dei Lamberti is Verona’s highest tower, standing 272ft (83m) tall between the Piazza delle Erbe and the Piazza dei Signori in the centre of the old city.
It was built in the 12th century, with alterations made during the Renaissance and the 19th century and you take a lift and climb 125 steps to the top for views out over Verona.
The large clock was added in 1779 and there are four bells, each with a different purpose – to signal time, fires, the start of work and a call to arms for the city.
Above The Rooftops of Verona
The city of Verona, spread out beneath the Torre dei Lamberti, with the towers of Il Duomo to the left and the Basilica di Santa Anastasia to the right.
Verona’s Duomo was consecrated in 1187, having been built on the site of an ancient Christian structure, and has served as one of the city’s many centres of religious devotion ever since.
It has been worked on for almost all of its 825-year history, with major restoration carried out in the 15th and 16th centuries and the bell tower added in 1927.
The interior is a mixture of architectural styles, from Romanesque in its lower levels to Gothic the higher up you go, which each chapel has its own individual feel.
There is a grand organ and artwork by the likes of Titian and Falconetto decorating the interior.
The Duomo is part of a larger cathedral complex with the churches of San Giovanni in Fonte and Sant’Elana, the latter built roughly over the location of a fourth-century basilica.
Recent restoration has involved the restoration of the frescoes and the lighting system.
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 Torre dei Lamberti is Verona’s highest tower, standing 272ft (83m) tall between the Piazza delle Erbe and the Piazza dei Signori in the centre of the old city.
It was built in the 12th century, with alterations made during the Renaissance and the 19th century and you take a lift and climb 125 steps to the top for views out over Verona.
The large clock was added in 1779 and there are four bells, each with a different purpose – to signal time, fires, the start of work and a call to arms for the city.