Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Bergamo, Italy
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2.3 km
31 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 BergamoSight 1: Torre del Galgario
The Galgario Tower is a circular tower of military origin, which was part of the Muraine, ancient walls that have now disappeared, and is located in the lower city of Bergamo in the homonymous Largo del Galgario. The square is also overlooked by the Church of Galgario with an adjoining monastery that gave the name to the painter Giuseppe Ghislandi, and which then changed its intended use, becoming the Nullo Barracks.
Sight 2: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo
Sight 3: Teatro Donizetti
The Teatro Donizetti is an opera house in Bergamo, Italy. Built in the 1780s using a design by architect Giovanni Francesco Lucchini, the theatre was originally referred to as either the Teatro Nuovo or Teatro di Fiera. The first opera to be mounted at the theatre, Giuseppe Sarti's Medonte, re di Epiro, was in 1784 while the opera house was still under construction. The official opening of the house, under the name the Teatro Riccardi, did not occur until 24 August 1791 with a production of Pietro Metastasio's Didone abbandonata set to music by multiple composers, including Ferdinando Bertoni, Giacomo Rampini, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, and Giovanni Paisiello.
Sight 4: Santa Maria Immacolata delle Grazie
The church of Santa Maria Immacolata delle Grazie is located in Bergamo on Viale Papa Giovanni XXIII, near the propylaea also called Barriera delle Grazie, it is the first place of worship that the visitor encounters arriving from the railway station.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria Immacolata delle Grazie (IT)
Sight 5: Torre dei Caduti
Book Ticket*The Tower of the Fallen of Bergamo is located in the lower part of the city in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, at the beginning of the Sentierone, the so-called living room of Bergamo. Since 24 May 2015, after a period of restoration, it can be visited again.
Sight 6: Chiesa di San Benedetto
San Benedetto is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church in Bergamo, Italy.
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