Photo by Emil P. Albrecht 



the; duomo, or cathi;dral, a Romanesque structure of the twelfth century, 



WITH GOTHIC WINDOWS OF THE FIFTEENTH: VERONA 



This west doorway is most beautiful, with its delicate and well-preserved carvings. 

 Behind the two columns which, resting upon the backs of griffins (or lions), support the 

 canopy, are two small figures in rough belief, which, according to an inscription of ii35- 

 represent Roland and Oliver, the paladins of Charlemagne. 



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