Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bergamo, Italy
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1.7 km
93 m
Experience Bergamo in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in BergamoIndividual Sights in BergamoSight 1: Museo delle storie di Bergamo - Convento di San Francesco
The Historical Museum of Bergamo or Museum of the Stories of Bergamo is the museum and administrative venue in the Alta city, in the former convent of San Francesco as regards the offices, the library and the archives, and manages more permanent offices that study and exhibit the Political, economic, and social history of the city and its territory. The museum pole also offers large spaces for temporary events and exhibitions.
Sight 2: Fontana del Lantro
The Lantro fountain is a fountain located in the city of Bergamo mentioned as early as the end of the tenth century.
Sight 3: Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali E. Caffi
The Enrico Caffi Civic Museum of Natural Sciences in Bergamo, located in the Upper Town in the Citadel near the Civic Archaeological Museum of Bergamo, preserves more than a million artifacts distributed over an exhibition area of over 1800 m².
Wikipedia: Museo di scienze naturali (Bergamo) (IT), Website
Sight 4: Museo Civico Archeologico
The Civic Archaeological Museum of Bergamo, which is located in Piazza Cittadella n. 9 in Bergamo, consists of different sections: prehistoric, Egyptian, Roman, early Christian and Lombard.
Sight 5: Torre di Adalberto
The Adalberto tower or as it is better known the hunger tower, is among the oldest documented towers in Bergamo from the Middle Ages, it is located in the outer corner of the Visconti Citadel.
Sight 6: Orto Botanico di Bergamo Lorenzo Rota
The "Lorenzo Rota" Botanical Garden of Bergamo, which is located on the open hill of the Upper Town, is a small naturalistic laboratory where the passion and art of the workers make exotic plants coexist with indigenous ones. It is part of the Network of Botanical Gardens of Lombardy, an association that the Garden of Bergamo has contributed in a decisive way to create and which aims to "protect, knowledge, promote and enhance the heritage of botanical gardens, nature and the environment". It is named after Lorenzo Rota, a doctor and botanist who was the first to describe the flora of the province of Bergamo. The 10,000 samples he collected are kept in the herbarium of the Botanical Garden consisting of about 50,000 exiccata.
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