Verona’s Duomo lies just around the river’s bend, it is a mixture of Romanesque and Gothic styles and is called the Cathedral of Santa Maria Matricolare. The remarkable portal, in Romanesque style has been carved by Maestro Nicolo’. The artist has sculpted the figures of Oliver and Roland, celebrated as heroes in the service of Charlemagne. The interior has fine pink marble pillars and is mostly visited for its highlight: the Assumption, by Titian, in the first altar on the left. Walking through the nave, a door leads you to the Romanesque cloister, housing remains of earlier churches risen on this spot.

This lofty church is a splendid example of Domenican art and was begun in the late 13th century to hold the massive congregations of members of the Dominican order. You enter the church through a double gothic doorway, dating from the 14th century adorned with frescoes and carved scenes of the life of St Peter Martyr. The interior contains various masterpieces upon which the two holy water stoups, supported by figures of hunchbacks (I gobbi), carved, one in 1495 and the second almost 100 years later; opening off the north transept you can admire Pisanello’s fresco of St George and the princess of Trebizond and four figures of the Apostles by Michele da Verona.  Towards the river from here is the church of Sant'Anastasia a mainly Gothic church, completed in the late fifteenth century, with Pisanello's delicately coloured fresco of St George and the Princess in the sacristy.

As parish church of the Scaligeri, the noble family that ruled over Verona, you can find in this small structure the tomb of Cangrande I, died in the year 1329. The tomb is famous for the equestrian statue of Cangrande that raises over his funerary monument, and whose original is kept in the Castelvecchio. The other Scaligeri tombs to be mentioned are those of Mastino II and Cansignorio, decorated with gothic pinnacles.

The Basilica di St Zeno Maggiore, one of the most significant Romanesque churches in northern Italy, was constructed between 1123 and 1135 to house the shrines of San Zeno, patron saint of the city. The façade is decorated with marble reliefs of biblical scenes and 48 bronze door panels, depicting the miracles of St. Zeno. The   magnificent rose – window on the façade symbolizes the wheel of fortune and it is decorated with figures that depict the rise and fall of human fortunes. The interior is interesting because of the nave, modelled on an ancient Roman basilica and unique for the striking ceiling constructed in 1386. The altarpiece is a triptych designed by Mantegna in 1457, depicting the Virgin and Christ surrounded by various saints. From the nave you can easily access the crypt, housing the mortal remains of San Zeno, first bishop of Verona, died in AD 380.  Worth of mention is also the cloister, embellished by Romanesque and Gothic arches.