San Fermo Maggiore Church, Verona, Italy

San Fermo Maggiore is a medieval Romanesque church. A church at this site may has been traced to the 8th century, and by the 11th century a second story and belltower was added by the Benedictine order. The campanile was not completed until the 13th century, it contains six bells in F cast in 1755 and rung with the Veronese bellringing art. The exterior has a roofline with pinnacles, and the church once held the tomb of a member of the Scaligers. The interior has later decoration, including an altarpiece of St Francis of Assisi by Giovanni Battista Belloti. The presbytery hosts relics of the saints Fermo and Rustico.

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Sasha B (5 months ago)
Stunning, very unique building with lower and upper churches

Tomas Osvald (11 months ago)
This church is unique because it has no just one but two churches. One church is located on the ground and the other church is located underground. Both churches are quite simple but this not the message right? So for one price you can see two churches, so this is God bargain right? ?

Ömür UZGİDİM (11 months ago)
It is one of the main churches, ticket is 4€ or you can buy for 4 main churches 8€. It has two floors which are the lower church and the upper church, and has little chiostro. One of the main painting Capella Alighieri. The descendants of Dante Alighieri are buried in this chapel.

Kent Wang (11 months ago)
San Fermo Maggiore was constructed between the 11th and 15th centuries in a mix of Romanesque and Gothic styles.

Kristýna Vacardová (2 years ago)
The church of San Fermo Maggiore is really magical. It's made up of two parts, different but still going together. The lower church stuns mostly by frescoes, while the upper one has absolutely amazing ceiling. Ticket for four euro, or free with the Verona card.

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