{"id":18201,"date":"2014-09-07T11:39:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T09:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardatourism.it\/chiesa-di-san-giorgio-2\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T08:18:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T06:18:29","slug":"church-of-st-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardatourism.it\/en\/church-of-st-george\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of St.George"},"content":{"rendered":"

Church of St.George<\/h2>\n

On the shores of Lake Manerba del Garda in Valtenesi<\/h4>\n

Church of St.George,\u00a0which is in the locality of S.Giorgio, dates back to the 14th century. The structure is made up of a single classroom with Romanesque apse, semicircular; The fa\u00e7ade was subsequently changed towards the end of the sixteenth century, a pronaos was added at the beginning of the seventeenth century; It houses interesting 14th-century frescoes, especially on the left wall, where the figure of a saint, perhaps Santa Catherine, with a red dress and elegant portraiture stands out, on the same wall the San Giorgio fresco that frees the princess from dragon; In the background a rocky landscape with a church and a castle, recalling Manerba. San Giorgio was the protector of the knights, the soldiers, the armies; People who have been in the past for a long time in these areas. It enjoys a beautiful panoramic position near the shores of the lake, and is open on some occasions such as the celebration of St. George’s Day, which runs on April 23rd.<\/p>\n

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