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1. Città Alta
The Porta Sant’ Agostino city gate is the Southern gate to Città Alta for all motorized traffic. Although the center gate is just a single lane, all traffic (including the buses and trucks) have to...
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2. Piazza Vecchia
This beautiful square in the centre of Bergamo has a lovely fountain in the centre. This is decorated with white marble lions donated to the city by Alvise Contarini in 1780. On the north side there...
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3. Città Bassa
At the end of Via XX Settembre, is the very attractive Largo Nicolo Rezzara, with its' impressive arched portico This square is the heart of the Borgo (neighbourhood) Sant Leonardo, and has a...
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4. Basilica S. Maria Maggiore
Santa Maria Maggiore shows a nave and two aisles. High above the center is a fine cupola and a carefully decorated ceiling. In the adjacent west end of the church is a Confessional created by A....
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5. Colleoni Chapel
The Colleoni's chapel is the mausoleum of Bartolomeo Colleoni, a military leader that made this chapel build as tomb for himself and for his daughter Medea. In the chapel there is a wonderful golden...
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6. Cathedral
Walk through the arches of the Palace of Reason and you enter the Piazza del Duomo - Cathedral Square. On this square you will find the cathedral, the baptistry, the Church of Saint-Mary Major and the...
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7. A day trip to the lake of Como.
If you have some time to spare in Bergamo you could do a day trip to one of the villages by the lake of Como. You can visit one or two of these on a day trip....
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8. Another day trip to the lake of Como.
On my latest holiday in Bergamo I had another day trip to the lake of Como. I visited Bellagio.Bellagio is a beautiful and very touristy town situated on the...
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9. The Battistero IsTo Right Of the Colleoni Chapel
The Baptistry is now situated to the right of the Colleoni Chapel at the southwest edge of the Piazza Duomo.The structure was first built in 1340 by Giovanni da...
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10. Rocca Fortress
The origins of this fortress can probably be traced back to Roman times. Historically the fortress has been occupied by the Longobards, the Franks, the...
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11. San Vigilio
From the upper town we took a scenic and enjoyable funicular ride to San Vigilio with its castle remains and beautiful views. I mentioned before that people in...
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12. Torre Civica - Campanone
A wonderful view of Bergamo! The Civic tower was the symbol of the civic power in Bergamo, it is 52 meter high and from its top you can have a wonderful view of...
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13. Statue of Harlequin
The Statue of Harlequin is a statue near the Urban Center, in the Lower City. Harlequin is the Commedia dell'Arte mask form Bergamo, and is statue is just here...
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14. Historic laundry
The historic laundry in the Upper city is near to the Gombito Tower. It was built in the XIX century and it was used till the '50es. Now it is one of the most...
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16. San Giacomo Gate
San Giacomo gate is one of the gate to the Upper City. From the Lower City Center you will recognize it: it is the white gate exactly in front of you. You can...
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17. Colli di Bergamo Natural Park
Colli di Bergamo is a natural Park between the city and some town in the Brembana Valley. Its center is in the Valmarina Monastery, in Ramera district. Here...
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18. Carrara Academy
The Carrara Academy is one of the oldest art gallery in Italy. It was founded at the end of the XVIII Century by the Count Carrara and it collects a big number...
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19. Donizetti Museum
The Donizetti Museum is a museum about Donzietti, the composer from Bergamo. Here you will find documents, objects and also music instruments that Donizetti...
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20. Bernareggi Museum
The Bernareggi Museum is a religious museum in Bergamo. It is in via Pignolo, in the lower part of the city and it collects a lot of painting, sculptures and...
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21. St. Bernardino Church
In the St. Bernardino Church in the lower city, you can see the most wonderful altarpiece painted by Lorenzo Lotto. In this altarpiece there are Our Lady with...
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22. St. Augustine Church
The St. Augustine Church is near the St. Augustine's gate, one of the gate to the upper city. It is a Gothic church, with wonderful rose window and...
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23. St. Bartolomeo and Stefano Church
The St. Bartolomeo and Stefano Church is a baroque church situated in the lower part of Bergamo, near the Donizetti Theater. Here you can find the Martinengo...
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24. Cittadella
Cittadella is a medieval military outpost built in Colle Aperto by the Visconti, lords of Milan, during their domination, but in the Venetian period it became a...
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25. Gombito Tower
The Gombito Tower is a tower built by the Del Zoppo family in the middle of the upper city, near an important roman cross-route. It is 52 meters high and you...
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