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Bergamo, Italy complete tour

travel videos & photos at: https://townsofeurope.com/ with text, maps & links. 00:00 intro 00:33 location 00:47 Venetian walls 01:44 main street, via Colleoni 02:38 Piazza Vecchia 04:53 map route of walking tour 05:19 train arrival, bus to top 07:05 funicular 07:57 Porta Sant’Alessandro 08:56 via Colleoni 12:17 Piazza Vecchia 13:34 Palazzo Nuovo 14:46 Tower vista 15:51 Colleoni Chapel 16:54 narrow lanes behind piazza 19:11 Piazza Mercato Delle Scarpe 19:26 La Rocca Fortress 20:37 Via Porta Dipinta 21:14 Palazzo Moroni 23:10 walk route on map 24:25 walk along Venetian wall 25:15 via Gombito 27:21 hotels 28:30 travel tips 30:00 funicular San Viglio 30:25 best vista and castle 32:05 another walking route 32:20 via San Salvatore and University 33:48 via Arena 35:14 Via Simone Mayr 36:02 Porta San Giacomo and main Venetian wall 37:46 Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore 39:03 Cathedral of Sant'Alessandro 40:19 funicular to Lower Town 41:12 Piazza Dante 41:38 history summary 42:40 Porta Nuova and main street 43:15 train station and departure Bergamo is an ancient Italian hill-town of magical beauty, yet relatively undiscovered, where you can escape tourist crowds and step into this crown jewel of Italy. This country is famous for its medieval hill-towns, and one of the best is Bergamo, the ideal town with piazzas and pedestrian lanes lined with shops and restaurants, fountains, lots of outdoor bars and cafes and a wonderful setting up on a hill surrounded by fortified walls, a relatively small town just about a kilometer wide, but filled with little lanes and fascinating sights, located in the north of Italy, near the Alps. Bergman's old town is up on a hill surrounded by massive fortified walls that were built by the Venetians in the middle of the 16th century. They are so well-preserved that several of the original gates are still functional. And now the wall is a World Heritage site, as seen from above, with the Venetian walls wrapping around the hillside Old Town. The modern district of Bergamo is down below and quite lovely, but not the main focus of your visit. Instead, you'll want to spend your time in Bergamo is Cheetah Alta, the upper town with origins that go back more than 2000 years. There are still quite a few of those old buildings surviving from the Middle Ages. Especially dramatic are the towers that had been fortified. Homes of the wealthy families. And now this one is home to the tourist Information Office. There is one main pedestrian street that runs through the center of town. It's about just under a kilometer long, this nicely paved lane is quite level. So you could walk from one end of town to the other in about half an hour. But there is so much to see. It could take you two days, especially wandering along some of those steeper little side lanes. The authentic character of this place is seen in that small town atmosphere with local residents doing their shopping, chatting with neighbors and relaxing out in the public spaces, walking along the back lanes. You might run into some university students heading for class.