Politics

Alberto I della Scala

1300–1301Local figure

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

Created here
Ponte Nuovo
He initiated the Scaliger reconstruction of the crossing in 1299.
Created here
Porta Palio
The medieval race was regulated in statutes issued under his rule.
Created here
Regaste of San Zeno
He commissioned the fortified river embankment around the San Zeno bend.
Burial place
Scaliger Tombs
This Gothic family cemetery turns dynastic power into stone theater, with armored rulers raised above the street beneath elaborate canopies. Cangrande I's tomb holds an additional mystery: analysis of his exhumed remains found toxic concentrations of digitalis, suggesting that Verona's celebrated warlord may have been deliberately poisoned in 1329, although later research has also considered medical administration.
Lived here
Tower of Alberto della Scala
The tower formed part of Alberto I’s residential complex in the Scaliger political quarter.
Created here
Tower of Porta Rofiolana
He ordered the tower heightened while strengthening Verona's municipal wall.

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