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Religious Site Attractions In Verona

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Verona is a city on the Adige river in Veneto, Italy, with 258,108 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third largest in northeast Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona covers an area of 1,426 km2 and has a population of 714,274 inhabitants. It is one of the main tourist destinations in northern Italy, owing to its artistic heritage and several annual fairs, shows, and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheater built by the Romans. Two of Shakespeare's plays are set in Verona: Romeo and Juliet and The Two Gentlemen of Veron...
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Religious Site Attractions In Verona

  • 1. Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore Verona
    The Basilica di San Zeno is a minor basilica of Verona, Northern Italy. Its fame rests partly on its architecture and partly upon the tradition that its crypt was the place of the marriage of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It stands adjacent to a Benedictine abbey, both dedicated to St Zeno of Verona.
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  • 4. Santa Maria Antica Verona
    Santa Maria Antica is a Roman Catholic church in Verona, Italy. The current church is Romanesque in style and dates to 1185, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1117 destroyed the original building that dated back to the end of the period of Lombard domination in the 7th century. The only surviving remains of the 7th-century building is a fragment of black and white mosaic floor. The current building was dedicated by the patriarch of Aquileia and acted as the private chapel of Verona's ruling Scaligeri family, located beside their family cemetery . The church has a small tuff bell tower in a purely Romanesque style, with mullioned windows and a brick-covered spire. Around 1630 the three-nave interior was altered to the Baroque style, though a restoration at the end of the 19th century restored...
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  • 6. S. Giovanni in Valle Verona
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  • 7. Chiesa di Santa Maria in Organo Verona
    The Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù in Prati , also known as Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio , is a catholic place of worship in the centre of Rome , rising in the rione Prati, hosting the parish with the same name, entrusted to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.The church, designed by engineer Giuseppe Gualandi, is sometimes referred as the little Milan Cathedral, due to its rich neogothic style.
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  • 12. San Tomaso Cantuariense Verona
    The church of San Tomaso Becket, commonly known as the church of San Tomaso Cantuariense, is a church situated in the central Verona, near the Ponte Nuovo del Popolo. The present church was built by Carmelites to replace two 14th-century churches, one dedicated to St Thomas Becket , the other to the Annunciation . The architect Michele Sammicheli designed the plans during 1545-1550. The façade remains incomplete. The portal of the church was transferred here from Santa Maria Mater Domini in Valdonega. The bell tower, with ten bells, was completed in 1400. The church has artworks by Paolo Farinati, Francesco Torbido, Girolamo dai Libri, Antonio Balestra, and Alessandro Turchi. The organ is known to have been used on 27 December 1769, by a young Mozart. The bell tower has a ring of ten bell...
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