Verona - San Zeno Maggiore

 
To the north of San Bernardino is the large Basilica of San Zeno Maggiore (11th-12th century), perhaps the finest Romanesque building in northern Italy, with a beautiful main front flanked by a slender Romanesque campanile (1045-1178) and the battlemented defensive tower (14th century) of a former Benedictine abbey. The bronze doors have Romanesque reliefs with Biblical and other scenes.

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The interior boasts an unusual timber roof (14th century) and beautiful Romanesque capitals, and in the aisles are frescoes of the 13th-15th centuries. In the choir can be seen a marble figure, ascribed to the 14th century, of St Zeno, bishop of Verona (d. 380), whose reliquary is in the crypt. On the high altar is a "Madonna with Saints" by Mantegna (1456-59) and on the north side of the church an elegant Romanesque cloister.
Address: San Zeno Maggiore, Piazza San Zeno, I-37100 Verona, Italy
Hours:
8:30am-6pm; Sun: 1pm-6pm
Tips: Last admission half hour before closing. Closed during services.
Disability Access: Full facilities for persons with disabilities.

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Front of San Zeno Maggiore in Verona.Front of San Zeno Maggiore in Verona.
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