Valverde is a
quarter in the city of
Bergamo
Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...
, located on the north side of the hill of the ''
città alta''. It has a population of 3,775 as of 1 February 2018.
It contains a
Roman Catholic
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parish
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with a
church
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dedicated to the
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
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. The parish church was damaged by a blaze in November 2006.
The Castello di Valverde in its present form is a 16th-century structure on the site of a medieval castle.
Itinerari di Bergamo: Castello di Valverde
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References
Sources
"Valverde, nome azzeccatissimo". Bergamo News, 17 September 2019
Quarters of Bergamo
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