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Venetian Walls of Bergamo

Venetian Walls of Bergamo

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Venetian Walls of Bergamo

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Location: Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy

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3. Porta San Giacomo – View of the Astino Valley loop from Bergamo

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Za🚀Exsplorex

October 16, 2024

Interesting is the Circuit of the Venetian Walls from where you can admire a splendid view of Bergamo

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🇮🇹 Gius-Mundo 🇪🇺

May 8, 2024

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Bergamo would not be the same without its imposing Venetian Walls: over six km of route, a place for romantic walks, the scene of wonderful sunsets, they have guarded the beauties of the Upper Town for more than four centuries.

The inestimable artistic and cultural value of the Walls is also demonstrated by their recognition as a UNESCO world heritage site.

They were built starting in 1561 by the Republic of Venice to stem enemy attacks, but History was benevolent, perhaps struck by such powerful beauty, and wanted them to never suffer sieges.

In this way they have fortunately been able to be preserved almost intact up to the present day. They consist of 14 bastions, 2 platforms, 100 openings for guns, 2 powder magazines, 4 doors, to which must be added the whole intricate underground world of sorties, passages and tunnels: don't miss the opportunity to walk inside the Walls and visit the gunboats of San Michele and San Giovanni!

To build the Walls, over 250 buildings were demolished, including 8 religious ones, including the Cathedral of Sant'Alessandro and the Dominican convent of Santo Stefano: this is the reason for the eight excommunications launched during the works. Many workers were employed in their construction, under the direction of Venetian and Bergamo architects, due to the vastness and grandeur of the building.

The candidacy as a UNESCO world heritage site places the Walls within the serial and transnational site "The Venetian defense works between the 16th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra - Stato da Mar Occidentale". It is about valorising a system of fortifications and defense works built by the Republic of Venice between the 16th and 17th centuries, harmonious with each other and linked by an ideal thread.

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Some sections of fortification were already present in Roman times, documented in the 8th century: there are traces still visible today in via Vàgine, under the convent of Santa Grata and to the left of viale delle Mura to the west of the funicular route (formerly via degli Anditi). These remains, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, were in conditions of extreme decay and were almost completely replaced by the new work. Once the works were completed, the perimeter of the fortification was completely new and did not include any part of previous defense works.

Source: visitbergamo.net/it/dettagli-oggetto/2979-le-mura-veneziane

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Nicola De Benedictis

June 18, 2024

What can I say: impressive and reassuring. An incredible view

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