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Castelvecchio
The fourteenth-century fortress of the Scaliger lords, now a fine art museum redesigned by Carlo Scarpa.
- Editor's score
- 4.7
- Visit
- 2 h
- Price
- €€
About
Cangrande II della Scala built the castle in the 1350s as a stronghold beside the Adige, linked to the far bank by the fortified Ponte Scaligero. In the mid-twentieth century the architect Carlo Scarpa transformed it into a museum whose display of sculpture and painting is admired as much as the collection itself. The bridge, destroyed in 1945, was rebuilt from its original stones.
Best time to go: Allow a couple of hours for the museum, then walk out onto the Ponte Scaligero for the river views.
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