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Bergamasque
The Bergamasque dialect is the western variant of the Eastern Lombard group of the Lombard language. It is mainly spoken in the province of Bergamo and in the area around Crema, in central Lombardy.
Bergamasque has official status in the pro ...
, Careàs ) is a town and ''
comune
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'' in the
province of Bergamo
The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo.
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, in
Lombardy
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,
Italy
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, east of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
.
History
The town received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on December 22, 1954.
Geography
Caravaggio borders with the municipalities of
Bariano
Bariano (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy, Italian region of Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about south of Bergamo.
Bariano borders the following municipalities: Caravaggio, Italy, ...
,
Brignano Gera d'Adda,
Calvenzano,
Capralba (
CR),
Fornovo San Giovanni
Fornovo San Giovanni (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located in the Gera d'Adda, about east of Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in norther ...
,
Misano di Gera d'Adda,
Morengo
Morengo (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about south of Bergamo.
Morengo borders the following municipalities: Bariano, Brignano Ge ...
,
Mozzanica
Mozzanica (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy, Italian region of Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about south of Bergamo.
Mozzanica borders the following municipalities: Caravaggio, Ita ...
,
Sergnano (CR) and
Treviglio
Treviglio (, Bergamasque: ) is a town and ''comune'' (i.e. municipality) in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Northern Italy. It lies south of the province capital, in the lower territory called "Bassa Bergamasca".
It's also part of the geo ...
. Its ''
frazioni
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'' are Masano and Vidalengo.
Main sights
The city is best known for the
Sanctuary
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(15th century).
Other sights include:
*The
Gallavresi Palace (or the Marchioness Palace), now the Town Hall. It dates to the second half of the 13th century.
*Church of ''San Fermo e Rustico'', in
Lombard-Gothic style, built in the 13th century over a pre-existing holy edifice. The two aisles were added in 1429. It has a façade in brickwork with a marble central portal, surmounted by a large
rose window. It is flanked by a high bell tower, built in 1500 by governor Giovanni Dandolo. The interior houses the Holy Sacrament Chapel (late 15th-early 16th century), in
Bramante
Donato Bramante ( , , ; 1444 – 11 April 1514), born as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio and also known as Bramante Lazzari, was an Italian architect and painter. He introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style ...
sque style, variously attributed to
Giovanni Battagio; also present are works by
Bernardino Campi
Bernadino Campi (1522–1591) was a Renaissance painter from Cremona, who worked in Reggio Emilia. He is known as one of the teachers of Sofonisba Anguissola and of Giovanni Battista Trotti (il Malosso). In Cremona, his extended family owned ...
,
Giovanni Moriggia,
Giulio Cesare Procaccini
Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574–1625) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the early Baroque era in Milan.
Biography
Born in Bologna he was son of the Mannerist painter Ercole Procaccini the Elder and brother of Camillo Procaccini and Car ...
and
Nicola Moietta.
*Church of ''Santa Liberata'' (16th century), with frescoes.
*Porta Nuova arch (18th century)
*
Teatro Amerighi, named after the family of the
painter Michelangelo Amerighi da Caravaggio, it was a theatre designed by the
Liberty style
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architect
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Carlo Bedolini and built at the beginning of the 20th century. It has been probably the most important cultural and social spot of the city for decades before being destroyed at the end of the
Second World War
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. In the area it was considered like a little
Teatro alla Scala.
People
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Giovanni Francesco Straparola
Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola, also known as Zoan or Zuan Francesco Straparola da Caravaggio (ca. 1485?–1558), was an Italian writer of poetry, and collector and writer of short stories. Some time during his life, he migrated fr ...
, Renaissance writer and poet.
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Giovanni Mangone
Giovanni Mangone (born towards the end of 15th century, died 25 June 1543) was an Italian artist active almost exclusively in Rome during the Renaissance. Mangone's skills were manifold: he worked as sculptor, architect, stonecutter and building ...
, 16th century architect and sculptor.
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Michelangelo Merisi o Amerighi da Caravaggio,
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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Baroque
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painter, who is named after the town.
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Polidoro da Caravaggio
Polidoro Caldara, usually known as Polidoro da Caravaggio ( – 1543) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period, "arguably the most gifted and certainly the least conventional of Raphael's pupils", who was best known for his now-vanished pa ...
, Renaissance
artist
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Riccardo Montolivo
Riccardo Montolivo (; born 18 January 1985) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He most notably played for Fiorentina, AC Milan, and the Italy national team.
A versatile and creative player, Montolivo began ...
,
footballer
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Transportation
Caravaggio has a railway station on the
Treviglio–Cremona line.
Twin towns
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Porto Ercole
Porto Ercole () is an Italian town located in the municipality of Monte Argentario, in the Province of Grosseto, Tuscany. It is one of the two major towns that form the township, along with Porto Santo Stefano. Its name means "Port Hercules".
Ge ...
(
Tuscany
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Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
,
Italy
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; since 1973)
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Valletta
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(
Malta
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; since 2010)
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References
External links
Caravaggio official website
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