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IMiuto by Erail I'. Albrccht 



IN the; piazza santa anastasia: verona 



The statue is that of Paolo Caliari, usuallj^ known as Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), whose 

 pictures adorn many of Verona's churches and museums and whom she recognizes as one 

 of her most gifted sons. The tomb raised high above the arch in the background is that 

 of Count Guglielmo da Castelbarco, friend of the Scaligeri, patron of Dante. Ruskin con- 

 siders this Gothic tomb the finest in Verona, but few would prefer it to the magnificence of 

 the Scaligeri tombs. The wall upon which it rests connects the old church of San Pietro 

 Martire with that of Santa Anastasia. The brick fac^ade of the latter is unfinished, but the 

 marble doorway is very beautiful, and the interior is a treasury of works of art. The church 

 v/as built 1290-1323, but the doorway is later by a century. 



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