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Arche Scaligere (Scaliger Tombs)

The Arche Scaligere, or Scaliger Tombs, are a Gothic-style funerary complex belonging to the Scaliger family. The complex consists of three main sacrophagi and the tombs of six other members of the family. The sacrophagi are those of Cangrande, Mastino II, and Cansignorio, while the tombs belong to Mastino I, Alberto I, Bartolomeo, Alboino, Giovanni, and Cangrande II.

 

 

The perimeter where the tombs are located is delimited by a wrought-iron fence in which the motif of the staircase, symbol of the lineage, recurs, while the sarcophagi are located on the ground or on raised floors.