San Giorgio in Braida, Renaissance church in Borgo Trento, Verona, Italy.
San Giorgio in Braida is a Renaissance church in Verona, built in white marble with a large dome and a freestanding bell tower on the banks of the Adige River. The interior follows a Latin cross plan with side chapels opening onto the nave.
The church grew from a Benedictine monastery founded in the 11th century and was given its current form in the 1500s under Michele Sanmicheli, who redesigned both the dome and the facade. The work took several generations to complete and was finished only after his death.
Inside, paintings by Paolo Veronese and Jacopo Tintoretto hang directly above the altars, placed there as devotional objects rather than museum pieces. Visitors can stand close to these works in the same space where they have always been.
The church sits on the north bank of the Adige, a short walk from the city center, and is easy to find along the riverside road. Visiting outside of Sunday morning hours gives more time to look around the interior without interruption.
The bell tower holds six bells tuned in G major, installed in 1776 and still in use today. This set is one of the few in the area that has remained unchanged since the 18th century.
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