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The Pinacoteca gallery, located within the Palazzo dell'Accademia, was founded in 1795 by Count Giacomo Carrara, a merchant collector, who at his death bequeathed his collection to the city of Bergamo. This collection has grown... more
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Reached via car or the funicular from Viale Vittorio Emanuele, the ancient historical town of Bergamo lies on top of a hill (369m). Bergamo was originally a Celtic settlement but was built over by the Romans. Now "upper Bergamo... more
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Chiara Assi said
….On a beautiful September morning, I drove uphill to reach Bergamo Alta, the old part of town, where… continue reading »
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A World Heritage site, the Crespi d'Adda cotton mill at Capriate San Gervasio is one of the most interesting examples of Italian worker villages. In 1871, Cristoforo Crespi built the first four buildings for workers after movin... more
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Up on the high pudding-stone walls of a double bend on the river Adda, Trezzo castle overlooks one of the loveliest points in Lombardy (a little further downstream is the gorge Leonardo painted in the background of the Mona Lis... more
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Descending the rocky outcrop on which Trezzo castle stands, you will see the Taccani electric power station commissioned from Gaetano Moretti and Adolfo Covi by Benigno Crespi in 1906 to power the nearby textile factory in Capr... more
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