Hello guys!!!! This is the city I live in: the upper town!
Many do not know this city and many will link directly to the city of Bergamo and therefore do not consider it as they should!
Bergamo infact has two distinct urban areas: the upper town, the ancient village that seems a corner of Tuscany, and the lower town, the heart of commercial life button.
We begin our walk from the upper town. Piazza Vecchia is the oldest heart of the town, is "one of the most beautiful squares in the world," as Le Corbusier wrote after seeing her at sunset.
Formed following the demolition of houses and medieval shops, it is a Renaissance space with a central fountain donated in 1780 by the mayor Contarini. The sides contains historical buildings such as the Palazzo del Podesta, the Palazzo della Ragione, which dates from the twelfth century but was rebuilt in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with the lion of St. Mark, reflecting the domination of the Serenissima. On all stands the imposing medieval tower of the City that even today, at 10 pm, is felt its 100 strokes, reminiscent of when the gates were closed. In the Old Town Square on the third Sunday of each month there is the Mercantico: antiques market and brocantage.
In this town, built within the walls all the streets have kept intact their medieval flavor with buildings and arched doorways, a time of ancient workshops seats.
This month also this city has entered the Guinness world record for the biggest hug in the world around a historical monument and break the record of the longest relay of hugs . The idea , in fact , is to group at least 11,500 ( but if you came to 12 thousand would be the most) people who , together , surround in a tender embrace the Upper Town Walls. An initiative designed to support the candidacy of the Venetian Walls Heritage Site.
