Medieval Verona is dominated by its forty-eight…

Medieval Verona is dominated by its forty-eight towers.

The increasing wealth of the burgher families had eclipsed the power of the counts, and in 1100 Verona had been organized as a free commune.

The counts of San Bonifacio, hereditary governors since the late ninth century, could at most hold the office of podestà of the city now and then.

The sculptor Nicholaus and anonymous members of his workshop produce bronze relief panels to cover the entrance doors of San Zeno in Verona, constructed around 1138 in the Lombard Romanesque style.

The local cavalry represented on the portal’s tympanum reflects the civic pride typical of the independent northern Italian communes.