300px, Santa Maria Maggiore at Gazzo Veronese.
Santa Maria Maggiore is a church in
Gazzo Veronese
Gazzo Veronese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about south of Verona.
Gazzo Veronese borders the following municipalities: Casaleone, Nogara, Ostigli ...
, a village near
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
, in the Veneto region of northern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
.
The church is first mentioned in the 9th century; an inscription on the exterior dates its consecration to August 20, 846. In 1117, an earthquake destroyed the first church, which was rebuilt in
Romanesque style. During restorations in 1938-1940, 9th century mosaics were discovered under the current pavement.
Another extensive restoration was carried on in the 15th century. The exterior pinnacles date from this period.
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9th-century churches in Italy
12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Churches in the province of Verona
Romanesque architecture in Veneto
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