Chiesa di San Fermo Maggiore

Verona is not short of good churches but this is interesting because you can see two churches, one on top of the other, plus even some foundation remnants of the earlier 5th century church. So it is possible to compare early Christian, Benedictine Romanesque, and Franciscan Gothic styles and chart the history of development in to what you see today.

Chiesa di San Fermo Maggiore can be visited on the combined €8 ticket and is one of the four main churches in Verona. It is comprised of a lower church and an upper church and both are worth visiting. There are beautiful frescoes and artwork to be found throughout both churches.

Defintiley worth checking out if your up around this area. We stumbled across it and decided to pay the €4 entry fee. They give you a small device that tells you the history of the place as you walk around.

Wonderful view of how the church grew and changed through the successive orders that ran it. Topped with a spectacular wooden ceiling and carefully preserved and restored frescoes, the church is an incredible visit

July 2024 A church at this site may has been traced to the 8th century, and by the 11th century a second story and belltower was added by the Benedictine order. There is a "lower church" (chiesa inferiore) below the main church. The campanile was not completed until the 13th century, it contains six bells in F cast in 1755 and rung with the Veronese bellringing art. The presbytery hosts relics of the saints Fermo and Rustico.

This church is unique because it has no just one but two churches. One church is located on the ground and the other church is located underground. Both churches are quite simple but this not the message right? So for one price you can see two churches, so this is God bargain right? 😝

The church of San Fermo Maggiore is really magical. It's made up of two parts, different but still going together. The lower church stuns mostly by frescoes, while the upper one has absolutely amazing ceiling. Ticket for four euro, or free with the Verona card.

This church is not as popular as the duomo but just like it, it too has 2 churches inside with San Fermo having an upper and lower church. The lower church is smaller and has a lot of columns while the upper church is quite grand with a lot of paintings. There are several sarcophagi in this church.