European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A beef views of Are from across the adige the museum in houses a wide variety of Art work from roman times to the a Stone Madonna from the Middle Veronas King o cast Story and photos by Chuck Vinch Munich Bureau chief in Southern King Ludwig ii of Bavaria might hold the title of master but in the italian City of that distinction belongs to the Scaligeri the overlords of Verona during the 13th and 14th left a string of castles from Verona to Lake about 20 Miles they might not be As flamboyantly Gaudy As some of ludwigs but considering that they were built in the Early Middle the Scaligeri castles Are still probably the most famous of these is the one that overlooks the adige River in downtown the now More than 600 years the Castle remains a Symbol of Veronas medieval the Structure was built Between 1354 and 1375 by Ca Grande the Bridge Over the appropriately named Ponte was built about the same the Castle is divided into two parts by the Roadway that leads to the facing it from the main the left Side was the Royal residence while the right Side was used As a sort of Barracks to House the Royal Ca Grande ii reportedly had two Good reasons for building the the locals were beginning to chafe under the somewhat authoritarian Scaligeri which would end in Ca Grandes daughter had married bavarian and the castles Bridge led to a Road directly North to that German Ca Grande Felt he could Call on his bavarian in Laws if he Ever needed help quelling threats to the Scaligeri but since it is five hours from Munich to Verona by its hard to imagine How help could have Ponce affords a Good View of the adige River and arrived in time had anyone tried to attack Ca Grande and the being reasoned that even if help from the North  arrive in the Castle would make an excellent fortified jumping off Point if he Ever had to leave in a after the Scaliger is leave Verona in Castelvecchi retained its military character for hundreds of Napoleon used it As a Barracks in the Early 19th when France and Austria vied for control of the it want until the end of world War i that the castles function As a military facility in the 1920s the City housed its collection of medieval Art but removed it when world War ii during that the East courtyard was bombed and the Bridge was destroyed by mines in the City moved its Art collection Back into the Castle in and the Bridge was reconstructed in the built to its present configuration Between 1956 and is Rich in medieval included Are paintings of Many famous including Al Greco and a number from the Veronese there is also an extensive collection of Stone Madonnas and other some dating from roman for the Best View of the Cross the Ponte Scaligeri to Piazza Sacco e the As narrow As it is open to so watch out for the cars that periodically Roar the Sacco e Vanzetti Park commemorates the two italian immigrants who were executed in the United states in supposedly for murder some actually for their anarchist the Castelvecchi museum is open from to tuesday through Entrance is lire about guidebooks Are available in English at the museum or at any of the nearby souvenir 10 stripes Magazine May May stripes Magazine 11