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The Scaliger Tombs (Italian: Arche scaligere) is a group of five Gothic funerary monuments in Verona, Italy, celebrating the Scaliger family, who ruled in Verona from the 13th to the late 14th century.[1]

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  1. 23 relations: Alberto II della Scala, Baldachin, Bonino da Campione, Brunswick Monument, Cangrande I della Scala, Cansignorio della Scala, Castelvecchio Museum, Geneva, Georges Duby, Gilding, Gothic architecture, Gothic art, Italy, Mastino II della Scala, Relief, San Fermo Maggiore, Verona, Sant'Anastasia, Verona, Santa Maria Antica, Verona, Sarcophagus, Scaliger, Tabernacle, Verona, Wrought iron.

  2. 14th-century architecture
  3. Buildings and structures in Verona
  4. Gothic sculptures
  5. Monuments and memorials in Veneto
  6. Tourist attractions in Verona

Alberto II della Scala

Alberto II della Scala (1306 – 13 September 1352) was lord of Verona from 1329 until his death.

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Baldachin

A baldachin, or baldaquin (from baldacchino), is a canopy of state typically placed over an altar or throne.

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Bonino da Campione

Bonino da Campione was an Italian sculptor in the Gothic style, active between 1350 and 1390.

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Brunswick Monument

The Brunswick Monument is a mausoleum built in 1879 in the Jardin des Alpes in Geneva, Switzerland to commemorate the life of Charles II, Duke of Brunswick (1804–1873).

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Cangrande I della Scala

Cangrande (christened Can Francesco) della Scala (9 March 1291 – 22 July 1329) was an Italian nobleman, belonging to the della Scala family who ruled Verona from 1308 until 1387.

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Cansignorio della Scala

Cansignorio della Scala (5 March 1340 – 19 October 1375) was Lord of Verona from 1359 until 1375, initially together with his brother Paolo Alboino.

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Castelvecchio Museum

Castelvecchio Museum (Italian: Museo Civico di Castelvecchio) is a museum in Verona, northern Italy, located in the eponymous medieval castle. Scaliger Tombs and Castelvecchio Museum are Buildings and structures in Verona and Tourist attractions in Verona.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève)Genf; Ginevra; Genevra.

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Georges Duby

Georges Duby (7 October 1919 – 3 December 1996) was a French historian who specialised in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages.

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Gilding

Gilding is a decorative technique for applying a very thin coating of gold over solid surfaces such as metal (most common), wood, porcelain, or stone.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. Scaliger Tombs and Gothic architecture are 14th-century architecture.

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Gothic art

Gothic art was a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in the 12th century AD, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Mastino II della Scala

Mastino II della Scala (1308 – 3 June 1351) was lord of Verona.

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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San Fermo Maggiore, Verona

San Fermo Maggiore is a Romanesque and Gothic church in central Verona.

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Sant'Anastasia, Verona

The chiesa di Sant'Anastasia, or the Basilica of Saint Anastasia (Basilica di Santa Anastasia) is a church built by the Dominican Order in Verona, northern Italy.

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Santa Maria Antica, Verona

Santa Maria Antica is a Roman Catholic church in Verona, Italy.

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Sarcophagus

A sarcophagus (sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried.

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Scaliger

The House of Della Scala, whose members were known as Scaligeri or Scaligers (from the Latinized de Scalis), was the ruling family of Verona and mainland Veneto (except for Venice) from 1262 to 1387, for a total of 125 years.

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Tabernacle

According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle (residence, dwelling place), also known as the Tent of the Congregation (ʔōhel mōʕēḏ, also Tent of Meeting), was the portable earthly dwelling of God used by the Israelites from the Exodus until the conquest of Canaan.

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Verona

Verona (Verona or Veròna) is a city on the River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants.

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Wrought iron

Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%).

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See also

14th-century architecture

Buildings and structures in Verona

Gothic sculptures

Monuments and memorials in Veneto

Tourist attractions in Verona

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaliger_Tombs

Also known as Arche degli Scaligeri, Arche scaligere, Scaliger Archs, Scaliger Arks.