Castelvecchio Museum
Also known as Museo di Castelvecchio
1376
Contemporary
museum
Castelvecchio is a Scaliger brick fortress on the Adige in Verona, built between 1354 and 1356 for Cangrande II della Scala as a fortified control point and a defensible last refuge for the family. It groups a large outer ward, a higher…
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- 1354-1376
The castle was built between 1354 and 1376 for Cangrande II della Scala as a fortified residence and barracks controlling the Adige crossing; Cangrande II died in 1359 and construction was completed by his successors. The curtain walls…
- 1958-1974
Carlo Scarpa, working with director Licisco Magagnato, reset the castle as a museum: new stone floors, concrete plinths, steel handrails, replastered surfaces, and controlled daylight let the medieval fabric be read without mimicking it.…
Carlo Scarpa
- 1975
The final rooms of Carlo Scarpa's museum installation were completed; after Scarpa's death in 1978 the arms room and Longobard section were finished by Arrigo Rudi by 1989.
Carlo Scarpa
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