Verona Cathedral

The façade is divided into three parts, with a pediment and a two storied projecting porch or protiro embellished with sculpture, which is the work of the twelfth-century sculptor Nicholaus, who also executed and signed the entranceway at the abbey church of San Zeno, also in Verona, and Ferrara Cathedral.

Set into the walls on either side of the portal are figures of Roland and Oliver, who as holy warriors, remind one of the constant need to provide protection to the church.

The bell tower, begun in the 16th century by Michele Sanmicheli and left unfinished, has two orders of columns with highly decorated capitals, bas-reliefs and traces of 14th-century frescoes.

It has a nave and two aisles divided by tall pilasters in red Verona marble, which support Gothic arcades.

[2] Many ancient works of the Classical tradition have survived only because of the Chapter Library, including: It holds also important early Christian writings, such as: The following signature in a life of Saint Martin of Tours by a scribe is usually considered to mark the conventional dating of the founding of the Library: "my name is Ursicinus, Lector of the Church of Verona", confirming that he finished the work in the consulship of Agapitus (517).