BERGAMO Slide 2 Bergamo is located in Lombardy, northern Italy.
WHERE IS IT ? Slide 3 THE UPPER TOWN AND LOWER TOWN The city of
Bergamo is divided in two parts: the upper part, surrounded by
walls and rich in history, and the lower part, with modern
buildings and a lot of shops. Slide 4 THE UPPER TOWN Slide 5 The
upper city is a medieval town surrounded by ramparts built when it
was ruled by the Venice republic, added to the existing
fortifications to make it an impregnable fortress. The historical
center, surrounded by walls, has kept its original medieval
appearance. Slide 6 DEFENSIVE SYSTEM The defensive system of the
city, dating from the fifteenth-century, of walls and towers
protected the villages and also functioned as border customs houses
and moats. Slide 7 THE GOMBITO TOWER The Gombito tower controlled
access to the Old Town Square from the valleys. Slide 8 PALAZZO
DELLA RAGIONE The building, originally called Old Palace, is
located in the Upper Town, in the area enclosed within the Venetian
walls. Slide 9 OLD TOWN SQUARE The Old Town Square was for
centuries the political center of the city. Slide 10 CATHEDRAL The
Cathedral of St. Alexander is the main place of Catholic worship.
Slide 11 It is located in the upper city, in the Cathedral square,
next to the Palace Of Reason and the Basilica of Santa Maria
Maggiore. Slide 12 Slide 13 THE FUNICOLAR The funicular railway is
one of two in Bergamo. Built in 1887, it connects the Upper Town to
the Lower modern town. Slide 14 IL SENTIERONE It is a tree lined
avenue built by Bergamo's merchants in 1620. Under its beatiful
arcades trading was carried out. Nowadays it is an elegant bustling
promenade. Slide 15 CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE The Church
of Santa Maria delle Grazie has annexed the former convent founded
in 1422 by the Franciscan minor. The church as we see it today is
the result of a restructuring of the nineteenth century. Slide 16
THE LOWER TOWN The Lower Town born by the development of some
villages located along the main roads that led down from the hills
to the floor. In the twentieth century was created the area that is
now the center of the city, in which are realized by the
institutional headquarters. Slide 17 NEW DOOR In the main street
that connects Bergamo's lower and the upper city, meet the two
propylaea of new door, a monumental gate, made in 1937 in the
neoclassical style.
