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The church of San Pietro da Verona in Santa Anastasia, [1] [2] better known as the basilica of Santa Anastasia, is an important Catholic place of worship that stands in the heart of the historic center of Verona; it is located at the end of the decumanus maximus of the city in Roman times, near the point where the wide meander of the Adige river is crossed by the Ponte Pietra, where the two ...
The Pellegrini Chapel is located in the apse area of the basilica of Santa Anastasia in Verona, along the right transept; it is the first to the right of the Maggiore Chapel. The chapel contains what is considered Pisanello's masterpiece, the Saint George and the Princess, a fresco on the outer wall above the entrance arch.
St. George and the Princess (right part). Saint George and the Princess is a fresco by the Italian master Pisanello, located in the Pellegrini Chapel of the Church of Sant'Anastasia, Verona, northern Italy. It is one of the most notable works of International Gothic painting.
The Dominican basilica of St. Anastasia was the most far-reaching Gothic achievement in Verona, a fundamental reference point on which the building of other Veronese churches would be based, not only because of the renovations made to the plan, but also and especially because of the use of brick masonry and the new type of bell tower adopted ...
Corso Sant'Anastasia, Verona is an 1828 cityscape painting by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington. [1] [2] [3] [4] It depicts a scene in the city of Verona ...
Saint Anastasia or Santa Anastasia may refer to one of several saints named Anastasia. Otherwise it may refer to: Basilica di Sant'Anastasia al Palatino, basilica and titular church for cardinal-priests in Rome, Italy; Cathedral of St. Anastasia (Zadar Cathedral), cathedral in Zadar, Croatia; Sant'Anastasia, Verona, church in Verona, Italy
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Sant'Anastasia is a huge and lofty church built from 1290 to 1481 by the Dominicans to hold the massive congregations attracted by their sermons. The Pellegrini chapel houses the fresco St. George and the Princess of Trebizond by Pisanello as well as the grave of Wilhelm von Bibra. An art festival is held in the square each May.