Category: Italy
Ravenna: Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra
Classis Ravenna – the history of a fascinating city
Rome: Sancta Sanctorum and Scala Santa
Rome: San Pancrazio
Rome: Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
Rome: Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli
Veneto: Lazise
Veneto: Soave
Veneto: Custoza
Veneto: Madonna della Corona
Veneto: Torri del Benaco
Verona: Santa Maria in Organo
Verona: The Duomo
Verona: San Giorgio in Braida
Verona: San Zeno
Verona: Santa Anastasia
Remarkably, the large basilica of Santa Anastasia in Verona is not dedicated to the eponymous saint. Instead the immense church is dedicated to Saint Peter of Verona, also known as Saint Peter Martyr. This Dominican preacher, inquisitor and persecutor of heretics was murdered by a hired assassin in 1252 and…