t
was the Da Carrara family who built the walls of Montagnana, but legend
has connected indissolubily its name with the figure of Ezzelino III
da Romano. He was the Emperor's Vicar in Italy; surely
he was ambitious and a greatly skillful fighter.|
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is
was a meteoric rise and it marked deeply the history of Montagnana, which
was by Ezzelino destroyed in a big fire in 1242 and then rebuilt
again. 
is
name has remained attached to the highest tower of the town: the donjon
of San Zeno Castle.
