NOT TO BE MISSED:

- One of the most beautiful Romanesque churches in the area

- Façade almost completely intact

- Bell tower

One of the religious buildings worthy of mention (and certainly also a visit) in the whole province of Verona is certainly the centuries-old Pieve di San Floriano.

The church that can be admired today, built on the remains of an ancient Roman cemetery, dates back to the Romanesque period (11th-12th century), but there are sources that tell of the presence of a Lombard parish church in the same place as early as the year 905.

Various restoration works have been carried out over the centuries, especially in the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries in the internal part, causing the progressive disappearance of its Romanesque character with the passage of time.

Only restorations that took place in the last hundred years, necessary to restore solidity to the almost dilapidated church and now on the verge of ruin, have brought to light the original characteristics of the Romanesque period.

Outside, the parish church has a facade made entirely of tuff and still almost entirely intact; only the central eye and the two side windows were added to it in a later period.

Particular is the bell tower which is located on the northern side of the church: the base is in light stone, while the rest of the tower develops in height in alternating rows of tuff and terracotta blocks, ending with the only terracotta at the cell level bell.

For this reason, the appearance of the bell tower takes on a lively brick red color, especially when the sun is about to set over Valpolicella during the clear winter days.

The interior, with three naves, is divided by pillars alternating with columns, which most likely ended in three apses, as is still clearly visible in several Veronese churches of the same era and of the same type, one of all the Basilica of San Zeno in Verona.

Unfortunately the original apses no longer exist, as they were destroyed to make room for what we still see today.