The Rocca

Bergamo - city of Arlecchino

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May 21st 2010
Geo: 45.6947, 9.66871We didn't get up very early, and wandered down to breakfast then out to the nearby town of Bergamo. It is a lovely hill top town – it was very wealthy during the medieval times, as it was ruled by Venice (despite being so close to Milan and the Lombardian dukes). We drove up through the walls of the city, feeling extremely lucky when we got a park just metres from ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Bergamo

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more