Day 7
After a good breakfast, we went to a farmer's market located not to far away to get some nice produce for our home meals.
On the way back we stopped at the church on our corner, an ancient church dating to the 14th century with an interesting interior and some nice art. Dante said that this was his favorite church.
We dropped off our purchases at the apartment and set out for a day of some serious sightseeing.
We headed out to visit the Duomo (cathedral) and on the way stopped at the Ponte Pietra (stone bridge) that provides another crossing for the Adige river that snakes around Verona.
From the bridge, we could see the old Roman theater high on the hill across the river.
The current Duomo dates from the 12th century and is very large and dramatic. There are significant artworks by Titian and others in the church.
Next to the church is
The site had it's first church in the 4th century and remains of that structure are seen in an area of archeological excavation that is actually beneath yet another small church next to the Duomo called Sant' Elena.
It had now been quite a while since our breakfast and our feet were asking for a rest so we stopped for coffee and a shared small sandwich for Anabel and Annette and a gelato for me.
Fortified, we made our way to the next church on our list, Sant' Anastasia that had a lovely pink, pale blue and white facade.
It actually is larger than the Duomo and has lots of beautiful frescoes in addition to hunchbacks (thought to be lucky!) holding up the holy water fonts.
Next was the Palazzo della Ragione, a 15th century palace that now house a collection of modern art. We really needed the break from medieval and Renaissance art and found it to be a very enjoyable museum. It's located between two of the main Piazzas of Verona, the Piazza dei Signori and the Piazza delle Erbe so after the museum we looked around both and admired the beautiful buildings and the statue of Dante who lived in Verona after being banished from Florence.
Next to the Piazza dei Signori are a group of tombs of the family Scaligeri which ruled in Verona in the 13th and 14th centuries. They are Gothic structures mounted on pillars and are quite dramatic monuments.
By now it was cocktail time so we stopped at a cafe with seating on the Piazza and enjoyed a nice glass of prosecco with some snacks fo peanuts and potato chips.
This was quite the sightseeing day and it involved lots and lots of walking. We just didn't have it in us to search out a place for dinner so we went back to our lunch spot of the day before.
Yet another delicious meal with a good red wine to accompany it. Anabel had a filet, I had liver and onions and Annette enjoyed osso buco
After a good breakfast, we went to a farmer's market located not to far away to get some nice produce for our home meals.
We dropped off our purchases at the apartment and set out for a day of some serious sightseeing.
We headed out to visit the Duomo (cathedral) and on the way stopped at the Ponte Pietra (stone bridge) that provides another crossing for the Adige river that snakes around Verona.
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| View from bridge |
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| Poor photo but Roman theater is behind house in foreground and old fort is behind cedars at top of the hill |
The current Duomo dates from the 12th century and is very large and dramatic. There are significant artworks by Titian and others in the church.
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| Organ with beautiful side panels |
also a baptistry that has an elaborately carved baptismal font carved from a huge single piece of red marble.
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| Sant' Elena with area of excavation |
It had now been quite a while since our breakfast and our feet were asking for a rest so we stopped for coffee and a shared small sandwich for Anabel and Annette and a gelato for me.
Fortified, we made our way to the next church on our list, Sant' Anastasia that had a lovely pink, pale blue and white facade.
Next was the Palazzo della Ragione, a 15th century palace that now house a collection of modern art. We really needed the break from medieval and Renaissance art and found it to be a very enjoyable museum. It's located between two of the main Piazzas of Verona, the Piazza dei Signori and the Piazza delle Erbe so after the museum we looked around both and admired the beautiful buildings and the statue of Dante who lived in Verona after being banished from Florence.
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| We felt sooo Italian |
This was quite the sightseeing day and it involved lots and lots of walking. We just didn't have it in us to search out a place for dinner so we went back to our lunch spot of the day before.
Yet another delicious meal with a good red wine to accompany it. Anabel had a filet, I had liver and onions and Annette enjoyed osso buco
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| This looks serious |
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| I guess Annette's osso buco was good |
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| And a flaming dessert to finish off |
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