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The church on the piazza below was built by a hero of Bergamo. Corleon was rich, vigorous (he still fought battles in his seventies) and 195cm tall. He was very vain and liked to compare himself to Caesar and Augustus, and even Jesus.
Bergamo, to Verona

May 12th 2017
Geo: 45.6995, 9.66472Bergamo (emphasis on the first syllable) was originally built 2,500 years ago by Germanic people. Its city wall was completed in the 1500s, and there has been no new building or demolition inside the wall since then (only refurbishments). Clay for bricks was in short supply so the city is built almost entirely of stone. Luckily Bergamo is in a very low risk earthquake zon ... read more
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