Chiesa di Sant'Anastasia

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North from the Arche Scaligere stands the Chiesa di Sant'Anastasia , started in 1290 but not completed until the late 15th century. It is the most imposing example of Gothic church-building in the city. Raised by the Dominican order and officially named San Pietro Martire (St Peter the Martyr), the citizens continued to call it by the name of the humbler church that had stood here before.

A long parade of fine canvases is capped by a Pisanello fresco, in the sacristy towards the right at the rear end of the church, of San giorgio che parte per liberare la donzella dal drago (St George Setting out to Free the Princess from the Dragon).