. Italy: a handbook for travellers. First Part (Nothern Italy). BERGAMO. 29. Route. 183 Bergamo (1245 ft.; Alb. dltalia, B. from2, B. iy2fr.; *CappellodOro # Cavour, moderate, both in the new town; Trattoria Giar-dinetto, by the Porta S. Agostino, with garden and view; Caffe Cen-trale; Cab 21/2 fr. per hour), the ancient Bergomum, a Venetiantown from 1428 to 1797, now a provincial capital with 23,800(with suburbs 39,700) inhab., lies at the junction of the ValleBrembana, watered by the Brembo, and the Valle Seriana, namedafter the rapid Serio. This is one of the busiest of the smallertrading a
. Italy: a handbook for travellers. First Part (Nothern Italy). BERGAMO. 29. Route. 183 Bergamo (1245 ft.; Alb. dltalia, B. from2, B. iy2fr.; *CappellodOro # Cavour, moderate, both in the new town; Trattoria Giar-dinetto, by the Porta S. Agostino, with garden and view; Caffe Cen-trale; Cab 21/2 fr. per hour), the ancient Bergomum, a Venetiantown from 1428 to 1797, now a provincial capital with 23,800(with suburbs 39,700) inhab., lies at the junction of the ValleBrembana, watered by the Brembo, and the Valle Seriana, namedafter the rapid Serio. This is one of the busiest of the smallertrading and manufacturing towns in Italy. The once famous fair(Fiera di S. Alessandro, middle of August to middle of September)has lost its importance. The town consists of two distinct parts, theCitta Alta, picturesquely situated on hills (cable-tramway recentlyopened), and the much larger new quarters in the plain (Borgo , Borgo Pignolo, Borgo S. Tommaso), with cotton, silk, andother factories, an interesting piazza (la Fiera; PI. D, 4, 5), at-tractive sho
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