Sant'Eufemia, Verona
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History

A church at the site was likely present by the 11th or 12th century, although the main layout we see today was completed only in the 14th century. In the interior, altarpieces were completed by Brusasorci and Giovanni Domenico Cignaroli. In the 14th-century Spolverini chapel, there is a canvas and frescos by
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. The gothic belltower contains six bells in F rung with the
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Bibliography

*G.Borelli, Chiese e monasteri di Verona (1980), Banca popolare di Verona, Verona.
Scheda della chiesa su verona.com
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