See also:

• BERGAMO
• BERGAMO (anc. Bergomum)

BERGAMO (anc. Bergomum)  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and episcopal see of See also:

• LOMBARDY

Lombardy, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BERGAMO
• BERGAMO (anc. Bergomum)

Bergamo, situated at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the See also:

• ALPS

Alps, at the junction of the Brembo and Serio, 331 M . N.E. of See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan by See also:

• RAIL

rail, and 26 m. See also:

• DIRECT

direct . Pop . (1901) See also:

• TOWN

town, 25,425; See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune, 46,861 . The town consists of two distinct parts, the older Citta Alta, upon a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill 1200 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, strongly fortified by the Venetians, and the new town (Citta See also:

• BASSA

Bassa) below, the two being connected by a funicular railway . The most interesting See also:

• BUILDING

building of the former is the See also:

• FINE

fine Romanesque See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of S . Maria See also:

• MAGGIORE, LAGO (Lacus Verbanus of the Romans; Fr. Lac Majeur; Ger. Langensee)

Maggiore, founded in 1137 and completed in 1355, with a See also:

• BAROQUE

baroque interior and some interesting See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art . Adjoining it to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north is the Cappella See also:

• COLLEONI, BARTOLOMMEO (1400-1475)

Colleoni, with a richly sculptured polychrome See also:

• FACADE

facade, and a modernized interior, containing the fine tombs of Bartolommeo Colleoni (c . 1400-1475), a native of Bergamo, and his daughter See also:

• MEDEA (Gr. Mi/Seta)

Medea . The See also:

• WORK

work was executed in 1470-1476 by Giovanni See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio Amadeo, who was also employed at the Certosa di See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia . The See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place (now Piazza See also:

• GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE (1807-1882)

Garibaldi) contains the See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic Palazzo Vecchio or Broletto; See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close by are the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral (1614) and a small See also:

• BAPTISTERY (Baptislerium, in the Greek Church 4wrurrilpiov)

baptistery of 1340, rebuilt in 1898 . The See also:

• LOWER

lower town contains an important picture-See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, consisting of three collections of works of north See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian masters, one of which was bequeathed in 1891 by the art critic Giovanni See also:

• MORELLI, GIOVANNI (1816-1891)

Morelli .

Bergamo has fine See also:

• MODERN

modern buildings and numerous See also:

• SILK

silk and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton factories . It also has a considerable See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle market, though its yearly Fiera di S . Alessandro (the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint) has lost some of its importance . See also:

• RAILWAYS

Railways radiate from it to See also:

• LECCO

Lecco, See also:

• PONTE (Ital. for " bridge ")

Ponte della Selva, Usmate (for See also:

• MONZA (locally Monscia)

Monza or Seregno), Treviglio (on the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line from Milan to See also:

• VERONA
• VERONA, CONGRESS OF

Verona and See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice) and (via Rovato) to See also:

• BRESCIA
• BRESCIA (anc. Brixia)

Brescia, and See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam tramways to Treviglio, Sarnico and See also:

• SONCINO

Soncino . The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Bergomum was the centre of the tribe of the Orobii; it became, after their subjection to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality with a considerable territory, and after its destruction by See also:

• ATTILA (d. 453)

Attila, became the capital of a Lombard duchy . From 1264 to 1428 it was under Milan, but then became Venetian, and remained so until 1797 . Remains of the Roman city are not visible above ground, but various discoveries made are recorded by G . Mantovani in Not . Scay., 1890, 25 . (T .