Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bergamo, Italy

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 144 m
Descend 66 m

Experience Bergamo in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in BergamoIndividual Sights in Bergamo

Sight 1: Chiesa di Santo Spirito

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Santo Spirito is a Roman Catholic church located on Piazzetta Santo Spirito in Bergamo, in the region of Lombardy, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santo Spirito, Bergamo (EN)

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa di Sant'Alessandro in Croce

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Sant'Alessandro della Croce is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Pignolo in Bergamo, region of Lombardy, Italy.

Wikipedia: Sant'Alessandro della Croce, Bergamo (EN)

448 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

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81 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Accademia Carrara

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The Accademia Carrara,, officially Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo, is an art gallery and an academy of fine arts in Bergamo, in Lombardy in northern Italy. The art gallery was established in about 1780 by Giacomo Carrara, a Bergamasco collector or conoscitore of the arts. The academy of fine arts was added to it in 1794. The school was recognised by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, in 1988 and in 2023 merged with the Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti to form the Politecnico delle Arti di Bergamo.

Wikipedia: Accademia Carrara (EN), Website

614 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di San Michele al Pozzo Bianco

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San Michele al Pozzo Bianco is a church in the upper town of Bergamo, on a small piazza of the same name, near Porta Sant'Agostino, on Via Porta Dipinta. The church is now in a corner next to the frescoed house of the vicar, entered by a large rounded arch. The vicar's house has an external fresco attributed to Giacomo Scanardi.

Wikipedia: San Michele al Pozzo Bianco (EN)

206 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Chiesa di Sant'Andrea Apostolo

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Chiesa di Sant'Andrea Apostolo

Sant'Andrea is a Neoclassic church in Bergamo, rebuilt by Ferdinando Crivelli in 1837. On the main altar, is Enthroned Madonna with child and Saints Eusebius, Andrew, Domno, and Domneone, painted in 1536-7 by Il Moretto and a Nativity by Giovanni Paolo Cavagna. Other paintings here are by Palma il Giovane, Enea Salmeggia, Giovanni Giacomo Barbelli, Padovanino, a ‘’Deposition’’ by Andrea Previtali, and others.

Wikipedia: Sant'Andrea, Bergamo (EN)

20 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: Fondazione Museo di Palazzo Moroni

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The Palazzo Moroni is a palace located on Via Porta #12 in the historic center of the upper town of Bergamo, Italy. The palace is a civic art museum, as well as used for cultural functions. The building, noted for its Baroque interior decorations, is presently managed by the Fondazione di Palazzo Moroni in conjunction with the city after a donation by Count Antonio Moroni.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo (EN), Website

538 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Porta San Giacomo

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Porta San Giacomo

Porta San Giacomo, perhaps the most beautiful of the access gates from the Venetian walls to the upper city of Bergamo, was built in 1592, it is the only one in pinkish white marble from the Zandobbio quarry in Val Cavallina. The construction of the Venetian walls began in 1561, and they were to be the outpost protected to the west of the territories of the Serenissima by the Milanese who after the death of Francesco Sforza II (1535) and the peace of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559) had become a Spanish province. The walls have four gates that make the entrance to the upper part of the city accessible: Porta San Lorenzo, Porta Sant'Agostino, Porta Sant'Alessandro and Porta San Giacomo, and until the mid-twentieth century when the bell struck a hundred tolls at 10 p.m., they were closed.

Wikipedia: Porta San Giacomo (Bergamo) (IT)

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