Tourists Crossing Ponte di Castelvecchio Verona Italy 8486
by Jack Schultz
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Tourists Crossing Ponte di Castelvecchio Verona Italy 8486
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Jack Schultz
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Cangrande II della Scala wanted the construction of this fortress in order to have a protection from exterior dangers, but also from popular riots after internal struggles of Scaligera family. The Scaligero bridge to which it is linked, in fact, is a door beyond the river providing an escape to the countryside
As the bridge, also the Castle has had alternate fortunes. After the fall of the Scaligeri family it was used by the Venetians as a weapons depot and then became barracks during French and Austrian dominion. The restoration of 1926 removed the military elements and inserted late Gothic and Renaissance ones. Castelvecchio has two parts: on the right, there are the main courtyard and the parade ground; on the left the Scaligera mansion where the lords used to live with a narrow courtyard and a double wall. At the centre, the high Mastio Tower which gives access to the Ponte Scaligero over the Adige. It now hosts a museum with works of medieval, renaissance and modern art. The museum is not very big but there are some masterpieces, including Mantegna’s Holy Family, with the Child with Caroto puppet, Female Portrait of Rubens, The Madonna of the Quail attributed to Pisanello, San Girolamo penitent of Bellini and many others.
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