Upper and Lower Bergamo
The splendor of the historical center with its monuments of inestimable value: the Palazzo della Ragione, the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, the Duomo, the Cappella Colleoni. The Piazza Vecchia, the military fortress of the Rocca situated on the hilltop of St. Eufemia, the route of antique streets among the buildings of the nobility, little squares and churches full of unexpected treasures and a beautiful walk along the tree-lined gardens of the ancient Venetian walls.
The Lower Town, with is treasures of art scattered along the great "Sentierone" sidewalk, between the two historical quarters of St. Leonardo and Pignolo, the most-loved walk of the people of Bergamo, with the churches of St. Bartolomeo, St. Spirito, St. Bernardino and the extraordinary altar-pieces of Lorenzo Lotto. The Centro Piacentiniano, the reinvented modern citadel under the knowledgeable direction of the architect Marcello Piacentini at the beginning of the 20th century.
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