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formava, all’occorrenza, una diga nel fiume, che permetteva lo svolgersi between the hills of San Pietro in the flatlands. Since its alignment
di battaglie navali. Proseguendo da Ponte Pietra verso il quartiere di does not match with the Roman urban layout, characterized by a grid
Borgo Trento, ci si imbatte nella chiesa di San Giorgio in Braida. Nata
come monastero benedettino nel 1046, fu completamente rinnovata in
forme rinascimentali nel 1441. L’edificio è dominato dalla grande cupola
di Michele Sanmicheli, per la cui realizzazione fu mozzata la torre roma-
nica in tufo, sul fianco della chiesa. All’interno, opere pittoriche di grande
pregio di Domenico Tintoretto, Domenico e Felice Brusasorci, nonché
lo splendido Martirio di San Giorgio, capolavoro di Paolo Veronese.
A magic connection between the two shores of the Adige River,
Ponte Pietra has an old and tormented story to tell. It was built at a
spot on the river where there has been a ford ever since prehistory, of streets, one is led to believe that it existed before 89 B.C.. Over the
centuries, it fell down several times, always followed by phases of re-
construction and restoration, the last of which took place in 1957-59,
after it was destroyed at the time of the German infantry retreat during
World War II. When the bridge was exploded, they stone blocks and
bricks landed in the river, from where they were recuperated, put in
order, and numbered, for the purpose of reusing them.
Ponte Pietra is Verona’s only surviving Roman bridge, and it is com-
posed of five arches. It is 95 m long and approximately 4 m wide,
made of white marble in its original parts, and red bricks in the parts
which were reconstructed during the Scala lordship. Functioning
together with nearby Ponte Postumio, which today no longer exists, it
was sometimes used as a damn to sport naval combat in between. renovated as a Renaissance structure in 1441. A dominant element
of the edifice is its dome, designed by Michele Sanmicheli, and
whose construction required the demolition of an adjacent Roma-
nesque tower made of tufo stone. Inside the church, one discovers
very important paintings by masters such as Domenico Tintoretto,
Domenico and Felice Brusasorci, and a truly splendid masterpiece
is the Martirio di San Giorgio, by Paolo Veronese.
The Church of SAN GIORGIO IN BRAIDA
Walking further, from Ponte Pietra towards the area of town called
Borgo Trento, one discovers the Church of San Giorgio in Braida.
It was born as a Benedictine monastery in 1046, and completely
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