Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore
Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore stands in Verona as a Romanesque church shaped between the tenth and fourteenth centuries. Its cream-coloured tuff façade combines pink marble arcades, leafy capitals, and a Wheel of Fortune rose window.
The twelfth-century porch carries stone lions, biblical reliefs, scenes from Verona’s history, and a cycle of the months. Bronze doors hold panels showing saints, theological virtues, and musical subjects beside sculptures signed by Nicholaus and Gugliemus. Inside, the crypt, nave, and raised presbytery form three distinct levels beneath a fourteenth-century wooden ceiling. St Zeno rests in the crypt inside a sarcophagus, with his face covered by a silver mask. Andrea Mantegna’s San Zeno Altarpiece stands among works by Lorenzo Veneziano, Francesco Torbido, and the School of Altichiero.
A separate Romanesque bell tower rises beside the church, built with alternating bands of tuff and brick. Nearby, San Procolo preserves early Christian remains, while the former abbey retains its cloisters and a large brick tower. Tradition connects the crypt with Romeo and Juliet’s wedding, adding a literary story to Verona’s carved stone and painted interiors.
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