List of Scaliger castles
The Italian noble family of Scaliger had fortified numerous castles and cities in their domain, despite their temporary appearance. The castles are geographically distributed east of Lake Garda , along the pre-Alps between Verona and Bassano del Grappa and in the Po Valley south of Verona.
The swallowtail pinnacles are characteristic, but they were also generally in use in northern Italy. The most impressive Scaliger castle can be named Sirmione , a moated castle on an island in Lake Garda with a fortified port entrance.
Particularly noteworthy are the bridge fortifications, especially the Scaliger Bridge at Castelvecchio in Verona , the residence of the Scaliger. The Mincio received a unique fortification system : a barrier wall connected several castles and at Valeggio sul Mincio a fortified bridge was built below the castle.
Location of the Scaliger castles
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Castles and city residences
- Arzignano : castle ruins
- Avio : Castle ruins Castello di Avio
- Bassano del Grappa : castle
- Borghetto in Valeggio sul Mincio : former castle
- Brentino Belluno : former castle
- Cerea : former castle
- Chiusa: former castle
- Cologna Veneta : Castle rest
- Corvara: former castle
- Enego : castle ruins
- Fumane : former castle
- Garda : former castle, city wall
- Illasi : castle ruins
- Lazise : Castle
- Legnago : former castle
- Lonigo : former castle, 2 towers
- Malcesine : Castello Scaligero castle
- Marostica : castle ruins and town castle
- Montebello : castle rest
- Montecchio Maggiore : 2 castle ruins
- Montegalda : castle
- Montorio in Verona : castle ruins
- Monzambano : castle
- Nogara : former castle
- Nogarole Rocca : Castle rest
- Ossenigo in Dolcè : former castle
- Ostiglia : former castle
- Peschiera del Garda : former castle
- Ponti sul Mincio : castle ruins and bridge
- La Rocca in Riva del Garda : Castle
- Salizzole : castle
- Sanguinetto : castle
- Schio : former castle
- Sirmione : castle
- Soave : castle and city wall
- Torri del Benaco : castle ruins
- Tregnago : castle ruins
- Valeggio sul Mincio : castle ruins
- Castelvecchio in Verona : castle
- Palazzo di Cangrande in Verona
- La Rocchetta in Vicenza : former castle
- Villafranca : castle ruins
- Villimpenta : castle ruins
- Zevio : Castle rest
City walls
Fortified bridges
- Isola della Scala
- Ponte Visconteo in Valeggio sul Mincio
- Ponte Scaligero in Verona
Ponte Scaligero and Castelvecchio in Verona
Bridge fortress at Valeggio sul Mincio
gallery
Avio
Bassano
Lazise
Marostica
Malcesine
Sanguinetto
Soave
Valeggio sul Mincio
Verona, Palazzo di Cangrande
Castelvecchio in Verona
Villafranca
literature
- Gianni Perbellini: Castelli Scaligeri , Milano 1982
Web links
- Castles in the Venetian mountains including many Scaliger castles
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