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Bergamo (other)
Bergamo is a city in Northern Italy. Bergamo may also refer to: Places in Italy *Province of Bergamo, a province of Northern Italy *The Republic of Bergamo, a short-lived French client republic in 1797 *The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo, Diocese of Bergamo, founded in the 4th century People *Alexander of Bergamo (†c.303), Roman soldier and patron saint of Bergamo *Viator of Bergamo (died 370), second bishop of Bergam *Andreas of Bergamo, late-ninth-century Italian historian *Bonagratia of Bergamo (c. 1265 – 1340), Franciscan lawyer *Venturino of Bergamo (1304–1346), Italian preacher *Gasparinus de Bergamo (c. 1360 – c. 1431), Italian grammarian *Peter of Bergamo (died 1482), Italian theologian *Paolo Bergamo (born 1943), Italian former football referee. *Giacomo da Bergamo (1434–1520), Augustinian friar *Padre Davide da Bergamo (1791–1863), Italian Augustinian friar and composer Other uses *Bergamo (surname) *Bergamo (shopping mall), a shopping mall in Chennai, In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como and Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Garda and Maggiore. The Bergamo Alps (''Alpi Orobie'') begin immediately north of the city. With a population of around 120,000, Bergamo is the fourth-largest city in Lombardy. Bergamo is the seat of the Province of Bergamo, which counts over 1,103,000 residents (2020). The metropolitan area of Bergamo extends beyond the administrative city limits, spanning over a densely urbanized area with slightly less than 500,000 inhabitants. The Bergamo metropolitan area is itself part of the broader Milan metropolitan area, home to over 8 million people. The city of Bergamo is composed of an old walled core, known as ''Città Alta'' ("Upper Town"), nestled within a system of hills, and the modern expan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
