Miniscalchi family´s Chapel
Of Lombard origin, almost certainly from Bergamo, the Miniscalchi family came to Verona during the years of the Visconti rule (1387-1404).Founder of the Veronese branch of the family was Zanino: typical figure of the late middle-ages Italian society, he was able to associate to the ancestral practice of trade the foundation and the management of a considerable land property.
In 1407 Zanino Marescalcus, resident in Verona in the quarter of Saint Benedict - which extended towards the western part of piazza Erbe and which also included the present via San Mammaso, where there are the family palaces - obtained the citizenship of Verona. His presence in town, therefore, must be dated back to at least one decade, as the Statutes ordered for the foreigners who aimed at the citizenship grant.The majestic family chapel in Saint Anastasia's church: in 1506 Alvise Miniscalchi, after having discarded the plans of different artists, such as Liberale da Verona and Giovanni Maria Falconetto, entrusted the task to Angelo di Giovanni, famous for his interventions in the yard of the Council Loggia in piazza dei Signori, in the facade of San Tomaso Cantuariense's church and in other town churches and almost certainly author also of the plan for the facade of the Miniscalchi palace in via San Mammaso.