 Then it became one of the main strongholds during the domination of the Della Scala family, lords of Verona.It was besieged several times, and at the end of the 14th century it was burned by the troops of the Da Carrara family, lords of Padua, just before it was conquered, like all the province of Verona, by the Republic of Venice.In the 15th century its military function was impaired by the use of guns