The Basilica of San Zeno - Verona

Through several of the next blog posts, I will share my strolls through some of the beautiful churches of Verona.   Note:  much of the facts and descriptions presented are taken from the literature provided by Le Chiese Storiche di Verona (to keep me honest).

The Basilica of San Zeno is one of the most beautiful and better preserved examples of Romanesque architecture in the whole of Northern Italy.

The large rose window on there front is called the "Wheel of Fortune".  The front columns have been constructed with lions at the base, representing righteousness and faith.

One of the frescos that is still very much intact and complete ... St. George and the Princess

Two huge bronze doors are masterpieces - obtained by assembling doors of different periods - are the work of different unknown Artists.  One panel depicts scenes from the Old Testament and the other, scenes from the New Testament

 

The Crypt ... what is seen today is described as being a "real forest of columns" is a result of the rearrangement of the tenth-century crypt, which was done between the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century.