A planned frontier town on the road to Mantua, founded on 9 March 1185 by Verona's council of rectors and freed of taxes, hence its first name Burgus Liber.
Its castle is completed in 1202, after a battle at the Ponte dei Molini near Mantua in 1199 whose sides it.wikipedia does not give.
Who holds it
- Title
- Free town of the commune of Verona
- Confidence
- high
Lord in 1200
The commune of Verona, which founded it as a free town (villa franca) in 1185.
Charter
Foundation of 9 March 1185, free of fiscal charges.
Primary sources for Verona
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Lombard city annals of Piacenza, Milan, Cremona, Parma, Mantua and Verona (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries). The communes' own year lists. Read online
- Charter book of the bishops of Trent (compiled 1207 to 1218; documents from the 11th century onward; edited 1852). The cartulary of the prince-bishops of Trent. Read online
- Documents on the older commercial and political history of the Republic of Venice, part 1, 814 to 1205 (documents of 814 to 1205, edited 1856). Venice's treaties and privileges in full text. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.