Domus Mercatorum

The Domus Mercatorum is the large and elegant medieval building that characterizes the liveliest square in Verona, Piazza delle Erbe.
It has a large and elegant portico with columns and pillars, while the main floor is decorated with a battlements of red terracotta bricks and mullioned windows that give the imposing building a typical medieval appearance.

The construction of the House of Merchants (Domus Mercatorum) was commissioned by Prince Alberto I ° della Scala so that the Corporations of Arts and Crafts had a place to trade and discuss the various aspects of the economic life of the city and was built in place of a simple wooden building.

The Scaligeri represented the mercantile class and their initiatives were an expression of the ever greater political power that was flanked by the economic one. Alberto's successors, first Cangrande and then Cansignorio, expanded and consolidated the Domus Mercatorum, which over time has undergone numerous changes to adapt it to the various uses assigned to it.
Finally, we recall that of the headquarters of the Verona Chamber of Commerce.

The current characteristic medieval aspect with the Ghibelline dovetail battlements was defined at the end of the nineteenth century as part of a season of important interventions due to the achieved national unity.