...who
added a monastery and a new sacristy. The Romanesque-style church
conceals an impressive maze of chapels, courts, cloisters and gardens, and
also houses a few gems of Renaissance art.
You can admire the magnificent Annunciation by Joos
Amman von Ravensburg and a rather morbid painting depicting the
Dominican monk and inquisitor St Peter of Verona with a knife protruding from
his head, a sign of the punishment inflicted by the heretics. Do not miss the
famous Crocifisso Miracoloso to the left of the altar -
according to the legend, Christ's head moved to warn a young woman of her
lover's treachery! |