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- ↑ "Della Scala family | Italian family". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- A. Castagnetti, G. M. Varanini, Il Veneto nel medioevo: Le signorie trecentesche, Verona, Banca Popolare di Verona, 1995.
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