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The balustrade situated between the side steps is adorned with marble statues, originally polychrome, that depict Christ and the Apostles. It is of German production from the beginning of the 13th century. The right wall of the upper church is painted with a series of votive images.
Among the oldest in the Basilica are those to the left: the Baptism of Christ and the Resurrection of Lazarus. In addition to several enthroned Madonnas with Saints, you can see the Translation of St. Zeno’s Body by the Hermit Saints, Benigno and Caro, as well as St. George Slaying the Dragon, attributed to the so-called “Second Master of San Zeno,” from the mid-fourteenth century. There is some historically interesting graffiti etched by Benedictine monks and travellers of ancient times, which records important events in local history such as floods, earthquakes, plagues and wars.
