Pieve di San Giorgio di Valpolicella

The old parish church of St. George finds its origin already in ‘ the eighth century , when it is built as a pagan building . Today it is one of the finest examples of Roman architecture in the province of Verona. During the Middle Ages the church served as a reference to one of the three administrative districts in which the territory was divided della Valpolicella and was also home to a choir juniorum , as evidenced by the current small rectory. In this period the building was largely rebuilt and the earthquake of 1117, when it suffered further maintenance , gradually turns into a place of Christian worship purely Romanesque style . The first written documents in this regard date back to 1145 with papal bull of Pope Eugenius III . The hotel has a remarkable architectural balance and a space divided into three naves. Though it is difficult to establish precisely which part of the building is of Lombard origin and which is the rear , there is easily a difference between the western and eastern area : the east side , which has three apses has a Romanesque style and probably dates the eleventh century ; most of Roman tombstones is distributed along this wall and the columns here always go to replace the pillars , which unlike those bare left, present numerous paintings Trecentesche . On the west side , which some belong to the original building Lombard , we find another apse where there is the large main door entrance surrounded by neo-Gothic frescoes. Strong testimony of Lombard origin is the ancient tabernacle of 712 ( now used as an altar ) of great historical and artistic carvings date back to the building where interesting precisely under the reign of Liutprand . Modeled instead of the Romanesque style of the building the bell tower and a cloister of the early 11s, which has columns with capitals decorated with several pictures of animals and flowers. Several are finally frescoes, although many have deteriorated somewhat : in the right aisle there is a Last Supper of the fourteenth century and a scene depicting St. Martin that a recent restoration has brought to light . Many of the paintings are the work of John the Baptist Lanceni , as the eighteenth-century Martyrdom of St. George . Beautifies the baptismal font a Resurrection of Christ attributed to Palma il Giovane.