Piazza San Zeno

This guide to Piazza San Zeno in Verona starts with Pope Gregory the Great's account of a violent flood in 589 that supposedly stopped at the basilica's threshold. It follows Saint Zeno, the fourth-century bishop remembered as a fisherman, and the carved fish that still mark his image around the city. You'll also learn how the square itself became Verona's market and antiques-fair ground, gathering around a saint whose legends keep circling back to water.