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Many European cities are lucky to have a link to the past with their old walls. Visit this city that is doubly fortunate, as the walls are in excellent shape.
Renaissance art, iconic architecture and a medieval baptistery adorn this cathedral on Piazza Vecchia. It’s Bergamo’s main church.
Admire the works of art in this 12th-century church that has no main entrance. The structure sprang from the wreckage of a plague.
Gaze at the beautiful frescoes adorning the dome and see the gloomy tomb in this spectacular church likened to a jewel box.
Photographers say, to get a true feel for a place, get high. Obviously that means elevation. Take in Lombardy’s Bergamo and environs from this high location.
Get a close-up view of the Big Bell at the summit of the structure that is the tallest in the City of One Hundred Towers.
