Scaliger Tombs

This guide to the Scaliger Tombs in Verona follows the career of Bonino da Campione, a Lombard stonemason known for carving warhorses and lions, who unexpectedly landed the grandest commission of his life. In the 1370s, Cansignorio della Scala hired him to build a hexagonal Gothic canopy stacked with saints and virtues, cut from a single quarry of stone and crowned by a mounted, armored rider. You'll hear how Bonino's crew had to raise that stone horse into open air and brace it against wind and time. Look closely at the wrought iron fence still ringing the tombs before you move on.