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Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore
This mighty church, built mainly in the 12th century in honour of the city's patron saint, is a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture. Look out for remarkable frescoes, the magnificent rose window depicting the Wheel of Fortune, and the interior's pièce de résistance - Mantegna's Maestà della Vergine (The Majesty of the Virgin Mary), above the high altar.
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Chiesa di San Fermo
At the river end of Via Leoni, Chiesa di San Fermo is actually two churches in one. Franciscan monks raised the Gothic church in the 13th century over the original 11th-century Romanesque structure. Inside the main (Gothic church) your attention is first drawn to the magnificent timber a carena di nave, a ceiling suggesting an upturned boat's hull. In the right transept are preserved some 14th century frescoes, including some fragments depicting episodes in the life of St Francis.
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Chiesa di San Lorenzo
Southwest from Piazza delle Erbe towards the Ponte Scaligero is the Chiesa di San Lorenzo, a Romanesque church raised in the early 12th century but much altered with Gothic and Renaissance additions. The most unusual element and virtually unique in Italy are the two cylindrical towers that flank the entrance.
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Chiesa di Sant'Anastasia
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.
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Duomo
The 12th-century Duomo combines Romanesque (lower half) and Gothic (upper half) styles and has some intriguing features. Look for the sculpture of Jonah and the whale on the south porch and the statues of two of Charlemagne's paladins, Roland and Oliver, on the west porch. In the first chapel of the left aisle is an Assunta (Assumption) by Titian. The cathedral was built on the site of earlier churches, built as long ago as the 5th century. As you penetrate the church this becomes evident.
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