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Bergamo

Bergamo (Bèrghem in Lombard) is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about 40km northeast of Milan. The commune is home to c. 117,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio International Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent Milan. The foothills of the Alps begin immediately north of the town.

Bergamo: Main sights

The town has two centres: "Città alta" (upper city), a hilltop medieval town, surrounded by 17th century cyclopic defensive walls, and the "Città bassa" (lower city). The two parts of the town are connected by either by funicular/cable car and roads, however parking spaces are very limited in the 'upper town' and the traffic is blocked on most Sundays.

Città alta
The upper city, surrounded by Venetian walls built in the 17th century, serves as the historic centre of Bergamo.
It includes numerous historical monuments:
Piazza Vecchia (old square)
Palazzo della Ragione. It was the seat of the administration of the city in the communal age. It is now seat of exhibitions. Erected in the 12th century, it was rebuilt in the late 16th century by Pietro Isabello. The façade has the St. Mark's Lion over a mullioned window, testifying the long period of Venetian dominance. The atrium has a well-preserved 18th century sundial.
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Saint Mary Major). It was built from 1137 on the site of a previous religious edifice from the 7th century. Construction lasted until the 15th century. Of this first edifice remains the external Romanesque structure and the Greek cross plan, while the interior was widely modified in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Noteworthy are the great Crucifix and the tomb of Gaetano Donizetti. The dome has frescoes by Giovanbattista Tiepolo.
Cappella Colleoni (Colleoni chapel), annexed to Santa Maria Maggiore, a masterwork of Renaissance architecture and decoration art.
The Rocca (Castle). It was begun in 1331 on the Sant'Eufemia hill by William of Castelbarco, vicar of John of Bohemia, and later completed by Azzone Visconti. A wider citadel was also added, but it is now partly missing. The Venetians built a large tower in the Rocca, as well as a line of walls (Mura Veneziane) 6,200 metres long. Palazzo della Ragione and the nearby Biblioteca Angelo Mai (Palazzo Nuovo), designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi.
The città alta is also home to two museums, the Museo Civico Archeologico (Archaeological Civic Museum) and the Museo di scienze naturali Caffi (Caffi Natural Science Museum).

Città bassa
The lower city, having expanded rapidly during the 20th century, is the modern centre of Bergamo.
Of artistic relevance are the Pinacoteca dell'Accademia Carrara (picture museum of Carrara academy), known as "Accademia Carrara" and the nearby Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (gallery of modern and contemporary art), known as GAMEC. The lower part of the city is divided into many boroughs: Colognola, Valtesse, Redona, Borgo Palazzo, Celadina.

Bergamo localities:
Adrara San Rocco Albano Sant''alessandro Albino Algua Alme'' Almenno San Bartolomeo Almenno San Salvatore ALZANO LOMBARDO Ambivere Antegnate Arcene Ardesio Arzago D''adda Averara Aviatico Azzano San Paolo Azzone Bagnatica Barbata Bariano Barzana Bedulita Berbenno Bergamo Berzo San Fermo Bianzano Blello Bolgare Boltiere Bonate Sopra Bonate Sotto Borgo Di Terzo Bossico Bottanuco Bracca Branzi BREMBATE Brembate Di Sopra Brembilla Brignano Gera D''adda Brumano Brusaporto CALCINATE Calcio Calusco D''adda Calvenzano Camerata Cornello Canonica D''adda Capizzone Capriate San Gervasio CAPRINO BERGAMASCO Caravaggio Carobbio Degli Angeli Carona Carvico Casazza Casirate D''adda Casnigo Cassiglio Castel Rozzone Castelli Calepio Castione Della Presolana CASTRO Cavernago Cazzano Sant''andrea Cenate Sopra Cenate Sotto Cene Cerete Chignolo D''isola Chiuduno Cisano Bergamasco Ciserano Cividate Al Piano Clusone Colere Cologno Al Serio Colzate Comun Nuovo Corna Imagna Cornalba Cortenuova Costa Di Mezzate Costa Di Serina Costa Valle Imagna Costa Volpino Covo Credaro CURNO Cusio Dalmine Dossena Endine Gaiano Entratico Fara Gera D''adda Fara Olivana Con Sola Fino Del Monte Fiorano Al Serio Fontanella Fonteno Foppolo FORESTO SPARSO Fornovo San Giovanni Fuipiano Valle Imagna Gandellino Gandino Gandosso Gaverina Terme Gazzaniga Gerosa Ghisalba GORLAGO Gorle Gorno Grassobbio Gromo Grone Grumello Del Monte Isola Di Fondra Isso Lallio LEFFE Lenna Levate Locatello LOVERE Lurano Luzzana Madone Mapello Martinengo Medolago Mezzoldo Misano Di Gera D''adda Moio De'' Calvi MONASTEROLO DEL CASTELLO Montello Morengo Mornico Al Serio Mozzanica Mozzo Nembro Olmo Al Brembo Oltre Il Colle Oltressenda Alta Oneta Onore ORIO AL SERIO Ornica OSIO SOPRA Osio Sotto Pagazzano PALADINA PALAZZAGO Palosco Parre Parzanica Pedrengo Peia Pianico Piario Piazza Brembana Piazzatorre Piazzolo Pognano Ponte Nossa PONTE SAN PIETRO Ponteranica Pontida Pontirolo Nuovo Pradalunga Predore Premolo Presezzo Pumenengo RANICA RANZANICO Riva Di Solto Rogno Romano Di Lombardia Roncobello Roncola Rota D''imagna Rovetta SAN GIOVANNI BIANCO San Paolo D''argon San Pellegrino Terme Santa Brigida Sant''omobono Imagna SARNICO SCANZOROSCIATE Schilpario Sedrina Selvino Seriate Serina Solto Collina Solza Songavazzo SORISOLE Sotto Il Monte Giovanni Xxiii Sovere Spinone Al Lago Spirano Stezzano Strozza Suisio Taleggio Tavernola Bergamasca Telgate Terno D''isola Torre Boldone Torre De'' Roveri Torre Pallavicina Trescore Balneario Treviglio Treviolo Ubiale Clanezzo Urgnano Valbondione VALBREMBO Valgoglio Valleve Valnegra Valsecca Valtorta Vedeseta Verdellino Verdello Vertova Viadanica Vigano San Martino Vigolo Villa D''adda Villa D''alme'' Villa Di Serio Villa D''ogna VILLONGO Vilminore Di Scalve Zandobbio ZANICA ZOGNO

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