Category: Veneto
Padova: Santa Giustina

Big, bigger, Santa Giustina. This enormous basilica on the southern edge of Padova’s historical centre will make a lasting impression on just about every visitor. The church adjoins the Prato della Valle, a large piazza in the shape of an ellipse where in Antiquity the theatre of Roman Patavium must…
Padova: Scuola del Santo

The Scuola del Santo (also known as the Scoletta, ‘little school’) is the seat of the Archconfraternity of Saint Antonius of Padova. Saint Antonius (or Anthony) died in 1231, and according to tradition the confraternity was founded a couple of years after he was canonised in 1232. The first written…
Padova: The Duomo
Padova: Oratory of San Giorgio
Padova: Oratory of San Michele
Padova: Cappella della Reggia Carrarese
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…