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Basilica di Sant’Anastasia
Built between 1290 and 1481, this is Verona's largest church, considered the city's finest example of Gothic architecture, even though the facade remains unfinished. A lovely 14th-century campanile bell tower is adorned with frescoes and sculptures. The church's interior is typically Gothic in design, highlighted by two famous gobbi (hunchbacks) that support the holy-water fonts, an impressive patterned pavement, and 16 side chapels containing a number of noteworthy paintings and frescoes from the 15th to the 16th centuries.
Most important is Verona-born Pisanello's St. George Freeing the Princess of Trebisonda(1433). After several relocations and now back in its original spot way up above the terra-cotta–filled Cappella Pellegrini in the right transept; it is considered one of his best paintings and is of the armed-knight-and-damsel-in-distress genre—with the large white rump of St. George's steed as one of its focal points. Also worth scouting out are the earlier 14th-century frescoes by the Giotto-inspired Altichiero in the Cavalli Chapel next door.
All four of Verona's major churches—Sant'Anastasia, San Zeno, Duomo, San Fermo—have banded together as the Associazione Chiese Vive (tel. 045-592-813; www.chieseverona.it). Admission to any one church is €2.50, or you can buy a cumulative ticket for €6.
They are also, however, also covered by the Verona Card.
Verona tourist information
Via degli Alpini 9 (in city wall, just off SE corner of Piazza Bra)
tel. +39-045-806-8680
www.tourism.verona.it
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Verona tourist information
Via degli Alpini 9 (in city wall, just off SE corner of Piazza Bra)
tel. +39-045-806-8680
www.tourism.verona.it
This article was written by Reid Bramblett and was last updated in April 2015.
All information was accurate at the time.
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