BASILICA OF SANTA ANASTASIA, Presentation And Interior

Hi, my name’s Jill, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Gothic Church of Sant’Anastasia, the largest in Verona.

Built by Dominican friars starting from 1290, the church can be found at the edge of the Old Town: the back part of it, with a high, pointed bell tower next to it, looks onto the Adige River. Sant’Anastasia Church is located in a picturesque square, closed off on the left by a number of fourteenth-century buildings in brick and stone, such as the little church of San Giorgetto and the entrance to the convent, topped with a canopied sarcophagus.

The simple, austere facade is unfinished, and only the bottom part is decorated with a large portal in the center featuring fine sculptures from the 14th century.

Now press pause and press play again once inside.

The triple-nave interior, divided by pillars, has a luminous fourteenth-century structure, embellished with exuberant Gothic and Renaissance decorations. The altars, frescoes and relief decorations are so elaborate that the church resembles an art gallery.

The decorations on the floor, dating to 1462, are predominantly black and white, the colors of the habit and cloak of the Dominican order....