Sanguinetto
Sanguinetto lies in the Bassa Veronese, the farming plain that stretches south of Verona toward the border with the provinces of M...
Updated 12 July 2026 · Sources: https://www.comune.sanguinetto.vr.it/vivere-il-comune/territorio/la-storia/ · https://www.mondimedievali.it/castelli/sanguinetto-castello-scaligero/ · https://www.tuttitalia.it/veneto/94-sanguinetto/
The story
The story of Sanguinetto
The farming plain of the Bassa Veronese
The municipality covers a flat territory of just over thirteen square kilometres in the Bassa Veronese, a predominantly agricultural area between Verona and the border with the provinces of Mantua and Rovigo. With around four thousand inhabitants, Sanguinetto retains the typical layout of a plain village, with the historic core gathered around the castle and cultivated countryside stretching all around it.
The Castello Scaligero
The castle was built around 1375 on the orders of the Scaligeri lordship and appears for the first time in a document from 1377, with which Antonio and Bartolomeo della Scala granted possession of the castle and the lands of Sanguinetto to the condottiero Jacopo dal Verme. The stronghold later passed to Gentile della Lionessa, who divided it among his three daughters, married into the Lion family of Padua, the Venier family of Venice and the Martinengo family of Brescia, who kept ownership until the eighteenth century.
From the sixteenth-century fire to town hall
On 15 November 1509 the castle was occupied and subsequently set on fire by troops of the League of Cambrai, the military alliance that clashed with the Republic of Venice over Veneto territory in those years. Having lost its defensive role, the building was converted into a residence and remained divided among numerous owners until the end of the nineteenth century, when the Municipality of Sanguinetto acquired much of the complex, using it as the seat of the town administration, a role it still holds today.
Furniture-making craftsmanship
Alongside agriculture, Sanguinetto developed a solid artisan tradition in furniture making over the course of the twentieth century, with several companies in the sector still active in the area today, some specialising in handmade classic furniture and others oriented toward contemporary design. This manufacturing vocation, less visible to occasional visitors than the castle, nonetheless represents an important part of the village's economic identity.
Experiences not to miss
- Visit the Castello Scaligero, today the seat of the town hall
- Stroll through the historic centre gathered around the fourteenth-century stronghold
- Discover the artisan furniture workshops that characterise the village
- Follow the countryside of the Bassa Veronese between Sanguinetto and the neighbouring municipalities
- Explore the farmland toward the border with the provinces of Mantua and Rovigo
