detail of a panel of the bronze door
Arrived at our hotel Lenotti Sleep and More in Verona.
After moving the boxes of wine from the car to our hotel room we visited the San Zeno Maggiore, which is an amazing church. Great fresco's (again), phew too many pictures.
our hotel Lenotte Sleep & More in Verona
truly awesome frescos in this church; even in the 16th century graffiti existed (bottom left picture)
fresco's painted on top of existing ones
smiling San Zeno (left)
the bronze door with the panels (left)
Tomorrow we will spend the day in Verona old town, so to be continued
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Friday 10 June:
A day in Verona
It will be a warm day today. After breakfast we took the bus and visited the Giardino Giusto, a beautiful renaissance garden with great views of the city.
we conquered the maze (right photo)
ponte Pietra
Next stop: 'the Cattedrale' of Verona, which include S Giovanni in Fonte, S. Elena and the Canons' cloister. I was impressed by the octagonal baptismal font, which dated back to the 12th century and is carved out of one marble block.
the baptismal font
fresco in the Battistero
Next stop; the Basilica di Sant'Anastasia
The statues on the upper right picture were being renovated, that's why the statue in the middle misses it's cross and looks a bit silly now
Above the famous fresco Saint George and the princess by Pisanello, which is positioned high up on the wall and therefore not easy to see, however, there is a video shown in several languages at ground level that shows/explains it all
the hunchbacks of the holy water stoup of the S. Anastasia
Definitely time for lunch after all this culture.
a super lunch/wine at posh restaurant Dante at the piazza dei Signori
piazza Erbe on the right
The famous arena of Verona. As the picture on the right shows they are already preparing for the opera Aida, which will be performed end of June in the arena.
the balcony of Juliet and part of one of the surrounding walls with grafiti and 'lovers notes'
Our 'last church of the day' was the San Fermo Maggiore, which exists of a lower and an upper church. The lower church is 1000 yrs old and has impressive fresco's. It was built by Benedictine monks to hold the relics of the saints Fermo and Rustico.
What impressed us in the upper church was a fresco showing the martyrdom of Franciscan monks in India; i.e. they were slaughtered by cutting them in half. Brrr
top right the fresco of the monks being slaughtered
drinks with bites; our 'dinner'
to be continued
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