Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo - Cappella Colleoni
Bergamo - Cappella Colleoni
Bergamo - Battistero
Bergamo - Palazzo della Ragione
Bergamo - Palazzo della Ragione
Bergamo - Palazzo della Ragione
Bergamo - Duomo di Bergamo
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore / Cappella Colleoni
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore / Cappella Colleoni
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Tempietto di Santa Croce
Bergamo - Pizza
Bergamo - Casa della Lana
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Duomo di Milano
Milan - Piazza del Duomo
Milan - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Milan - Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio
Milan - Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio
Milan - Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio
Bergamo
Bergamo
Certosa di Pavia
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo Vecchio
Brescia - Duomo
Brescia - Duomo
Galliano - Battistero di San Giovanni
Galliano - Battistero di San Giovanni
Galliano - Battistero di San Giovanni
Galliano - Battistero di San Giovanni
Galliano - Battistero di San Giovanni
Galliano - Battistero di San Giovanni
Galliano - Battistero di San Giovanni
Galliano - Basilica di San Vincenzo
Galliano - Basilica di San Vincenzo
Galliano - Basilica di San Vincenzo
Galliano - Basilica di San Vincenzo
Galliano - Basilica di San Vincenzo
Galliano - Basilica di San Vincenzo
Galliano - Basilica di San Vincenzo and Battistero…
Galliano - Basilica di San Vincenzo and Battistero…
Mariano Comense - Battistero di San Giovanni Batti…
Mariano Comense - Battistero di San Giovanni Batti…
Mariano Comense - Battistero di San Giovanni Batti…
Mariano Comense - Battistero di San Giovanni Batti…
Oggiono - Battistero di San Giovanni Battista
Oggiono - Battistero di San Giovanni Battista
Oggiono - Battistero di San Giovanni Battista
Colico - Abbazia di Piona
Colico - Abbazia di Piona
Colico - Abbazia di Piona
Colico - Abbazia di Piona
Colico - Abbazia di Piona
Gravedona - Santi Gusmeo e Matteo
Gravedona - S. Vincenzo
Gravedona - S. Vincenzo
Gravedona - S. Vincenzo
Gravedona - S. Maria del Tiglio
Gravedona - S. Maria del Tiglio
Gravedona - S. Maria del Tiglio
Gravedona - S. Maria del Tiglio
Gravedona - S. Maria del Tiglio
Gravedona - S. Maria del Tiglio
Gravedona - S. Maria del Tiglio
Gravedona - S. Maria del Tiglio
Gravedona - S. Vincenzo and S. Maria del Tiglio
Cremia - San Vito e Modesto
Lago di Como
Lenno - Battistero di S. Giovanni Battista
Lenno - Battistero di S. Giovanni Battista
Lenno - Battistero di S. Giovanni Battista
Ossuccio - S. Maria Maddalena
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Bergamo
Bergamo was the settlement of a Celtic tribe but got conquered by the Romans in 196 BC. Looted by Attila´s troops in the 5th century, it became the capital of a Lombardian duchy a century later. After the conquest of the Lombard Kingdom by Charlemagne, the Franks ruled here.
End of the 11th century Bergamo had become an independent commune, with a lot of feuding between the local the Guelph and Ghibelline factions.
In 1428 Bergamo was ceded in 1428 by the Duchy of Milan to the Republic of Venice and was transformed into a fortified city, protecting the trade routes leading into the Rhine Valley.
The French Revolutionary Army ended more than three centuries of Venetian rule in 1797. Bergamo was part of the "Cisalpine Republic".
At Congress of Vienna, Bergamo was assigned to the (Austrian) Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. Giuseppe Garibaldi conquered Bergamo in 1859. The city was incorporated into the newly founded Kingdom of Italy.
Bergamo has two centres: Città alta ("upper city"), a hilltop medieval town, and the Città bassa ("lower city").
Standig on top of the Torre Civica in the center of the Città alta. The tower was erected in the 11th/12th century as a tower house for the (Ghibelline) Suardi family. All notable families had such towers built - and Bergamo was named "Città dalle cento torri" - "City of hundred towers".
The white Palazzo Nuovo on the Piazza Vecchia now hosts the Public Library. To the right is the Torre del Gombito, erected in the 13th century and then owned by the (Guelph) Rivola family.
End of the 11th century Bergamo had become an independent commune, with a lot of feuding between the local the Guelph and Ghibelline factions.
In 1428 Bergamo was ceded in 1428 by the Duchy of Milan to the Republic of Venice and was transformed into a fortified city, protecting the trade routes leading into the Rhine Valley.
The French Revolutionary Army ended more than three centuries of Venetian rule in 1797. Bergamo was part of the "Cisalpine Republic".
At Congress of Vienna, Bergamo was assigned to the (Austrian) Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. Giuseppe Garibaldi conquered Bergamo in 1859. The city was incorporated into the newly founded Kingdom of Italy.
Bergamo has two centres: Città alta ("upper city"), a hilltop medieval town, and the Città bassa ("lower city").
Standig on top of the Torre Civica in the center of the Città alta. The tower was erected in the 11th/12th century as a tower house for the (Ghibelline) Suardi family. All notable families had such towers built - and Bergamo was named "Città dalle cento torri" - "City of hundred towers".
The white Palazzo Nuovo on the Piazza Vecchia now hosts the Public Library. To the right is the Torre del Gombito, erected in the 13th century and then owned by the (Guelph) Rivola family.
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