Scaliger Castle
Thinking of all the Italians hit by bad storms and floods in the past week.
The fortress of Malcesine dates back to the last centuries of the first millenium B.C.
The castle was destroyed by the Franks in 590 A.D. and then rebuilt. In 806 the building hosted king Pepin, who came to Malcesine to visit the Saints Benigno and Caro and, after the Hungarians invasions, it was included in the episcopal feud of Verona.
It was under Alberto della Scala's and his family's control from 1277 to 1387.
During this period the Scaliger renovated the fortress which started to be referred to as "Scaliger castle".
The castle changed hands several times: it was owned twice by the Republic of Venice, then by the French, followed by the Austrians which accomplished significant strengthening works inside the building until 1866.
From that year on, it became a Venetian's ownership.
On 22 August 1902 the castle was declared a national monument.
Scaliger Castle
Thinking of all the Italians hit by bad storms and floods in the past week.
The fortress of Malcesine dates back to the last centuries of the first millenium B.C.
The castle was destroyed by the Franks in 590 A.D. and then rebuilt. In 806 the building hosted king Pepin, who came to Malcesine to visit the Saints Benigno and Caro and, after the Hungarians invasions, it was included in the episcopal feud of Verona.
It was under Alberto della Scala's and his family's control from 1277 to 1387.
During this period the Scaliger renovated the fortress which started to be referred to as "Scaliger castle".
The castle changed hands several times: it was owned twice by the Republic of Venice, then by the French, followed by the Austrians which accomplished significant strengthening works inside the building until 1866.
From that year on, it became a Venetian's ownership.
On 22 August 1902 the castle was declared a national monument.