From Milan to Wonderful Bergamo

What to expect

• Discover Bergamo's border and trade history. Find out how the Upper and Lower Towns, which are so different from each other, were formed. And immerse yourself in the medieval era of the City of 100 Towers.
• Bergamo is a city of music. We will see the theater, a monument, and visit the grave sites of composers Donizetti and Mayer.
• Bergamo is a city of art. We will admire the works of Lotto, Tiepolo, Vela, Fantoni, Manzu, and Campionone.
• Visit the Colleoni Chapel, where we will talk about the Captain-General of the Venetian Republic and how luck favored him in life and death. And on the chapel's facade, a valuable example of Renaissance architecture, we will try to read the life of the famous architect Antonio Amadeo.
• The Bergamasques are people of word, and the church of Santa Maria Maggiore is proof of this. We will visit it to learn about the Baroque style, Tuscan and Flemish tapestries, and the old frescoes that have been preserved.
• The Cathedral will reveal its famous paintings and chapel dedicated to Pope Giovanni XXIII - the pride of the locals.
• I will also tell you about the mysterious stories that the squares of Bergamo hold.
• And strolling along the Venetian walls, you will see the structure of the Lower Town, and, if you're lucky, the Apennines and Milan.

Route Objects: Venetian wall, city gates, Old and New squares, May library, city hall, Cathedral, church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Colleoni Chapel, Contarini fountain, citadel, church with frescoes by Lorenzo Lotto.