Corte Sgarzerie, Medieval loggia in central Verona, Italy.

Corte Sgarzerie is a small square in Verona's historic centre, near Corso Porta Borsari and Piazza delle Erbe. At its centre stands the Loggia del Mangano, a low medieval loggia whose red Verona marble columns support an upper floor divided into rooms now used by associations. An inscription on the entrance arch records the wool workshops that brought prestige to the city.

The loggia was built in the 13th century under the Scaligeri rulers and became the main hub for Verona's wool trade. Over the following centuries it changed hands and uses, but remained a working part of the city fabric.

The name comes from the Veronese term for carding workshops, where wool was combed before spinning. An inscription on the entrance arch records that the wool mills here gave prestige and power to the Veronese Commune from the 3rd to the 14th century. The loggia del Mangano, with red Verona marble columns, gave workers a covered place to measure, weigh and stamp wool products and to bargain.

The loggia stands a short walk from Piazza delle Erbe and Porta Borsari, so it fits naturally into a tour of the old city on foot. Morning is generally the quietest time to visit, before larger groups arrive.

The archaeological area of Corte Sgarzerie is the only public access point to Verona's Capitolium, the Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter, Minerva and Juno. Excavations between 1988 and 2004 under the loggia revealed a stretch of the cryptoporticus that surrounded the temple on three sides, along with the remains of an ice house, an underground room and the foundations of a medieval tower house.