HISTORY
Probably inserted in the Roman period in the district that had Dossena as its center, it developed along the ancient via "Mercatorum" which connected the Val Brembana and the Valle Seriana.
Like other surrounding territories, during the Middle Ages it was troubled by the struggles between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, undergoing looting and destruction, which continued even during the war between the Duchy of Milan and the Venetian Republic, under whose rule it acquired great importance, rising to capital of the upper Val Brembana square.
With the consolidation of the Venetian dominion it experienced a long period of peace, which favored its economic growth, linked above all to the exploitation of the local iron mines.
Among the noble families of the place we must remember those of the Valle, the Carrara and the Tiraboschi, who played an important role in the history of the whole Bergamasco.
Its historical-architectural heritage includes:
the parish church, from the mid-eighteenth century, with valuable works of art from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries;
the oratory of San Bernardino;
the seventeenth-century monastery of the Holy Trinity;
the church of San Rocco, with frescoes from the fifteenth century;
the churches of Santa Margherita and Sant'Antonio, respectively in the localities of Castello and Carera.
Places of interest are also the so-called "Ca 'Rafaei", the home of the Venetian vicar and some ancient buildings in the old part of the town, built in squared stone blocks.