Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bergamo, Italy

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.7 km
Ascend 117 m
Descend 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 Bergamo

Sight 1: Museo delle storie di Bergamo - Convento di San Francesco

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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.

Wikipedia: Museo storico di Bergamo (IT), Website

715 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Fontana del Lantro

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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.

Wikipedia: Fontana del Lantro (IT)

507 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali E. Caffi

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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

22 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: Museo Civico Archeologico

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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.

Wikipedia: Museo Archeologico di Bergamo (IT), Website

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Torre di Adalberto

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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.

Wikipedia: Torre di Adalberto (IT)

409 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Orto Botanico di Bergamo Lorenzo Rota

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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.

Wikipedia: Orto botanico Lorenzo Rota (IT), Website

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