Scaliger

Scaligeri
Scaligers
Della Scala
Patrician noble family
Country Lordship of Verona
(present-day  Italy)
Founded1180 (1180)
FounderJacopino della Scala
Final rulerAntonio I della Scala
TitlesLord of Verona
Motto
Nec descendere nec morari

(broadly "he who hesitates is lost")
Estate(s)Scaliger Palaces, Verona
Dissolution17th century
Deposition1387 (1387)

The House of Della Scala, whose members were known as Scaligeri (Italian: [skaˈliːdʒeri]) or Scaligers (/ˈskælɪərz/; from the Latinized de Scalis), was the ruling family of Verona and mainland Veneto (except for Venice) from 1262 to 1387,[1] for a total of 125 years.[2]

  1. ^ "Verona Scaligera". Verona.com.
  2. ^ "La Famiglia della Scala". Verona.net.