View of the Citta' Alta of Bergamo from the Church of San Vigilio

View of the Citta' Alta of Bergamo from the Church of San Vigilio

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View of the Citta' Alta of Bergamo from the Church of San Vigilio

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Location: Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy

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October 20, 2024

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The Church⛪gll Orsi🐻 The Panoramic View🌈the Castle🏰

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Gianni F.

March 30, 2022

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The Castle of San Vigilio is located 496 meters above sea level on the hill that gives it its name, overlooking the Upper Town, which is why in the past it played a strategic role in the event of enemy attacks.
From its summit, in fact, you can see the nearby Mount Bastia and the underlying villages of the ancient Val Breno (today called Valbrembo and Paladina), the esplanade of Almenno, known as Lemine, once an area of great commercial importance, and the villages located along the road that leads to the entrance of the Val Brembana.

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August 22, 2022

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The Church of San Vigilio was built at the beginning of the 8th century, after the alleged stay of the Trentino bishop on the hills of Bergamo.

During the 1200s it was governed by the order of Dominican friars and subsequently in 1300 by the Order of the Humiliated, abolished in 1500.

It was renovated in 1512 and with the interventions carried out during the 18th and 20th centuries, the panoramic terrace overlooking the Lower Town and the western hills was also created.

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