Visconti Citadel ---

A fortified citadel in the most central point of Bergamo: for what purpose? To defend against enemy attacks and as a garrison in case of popular uprising, certainly, but above all to remind local subjects at every moment of the vast power of those who governed them: the Visconti family, who headed the Duchy of Milan and dominated Bergamo from 1332 to 1428. Today this space has become a characteristic square of Città Alta and still hosts various signs of its varied past. Arriving from the historic center, you will pass under the Torre della Campanella: to the west you can see a medieval postern gate (small entrance gate in the pre-existing medieval walls). Crossing through it, you will encounter a Roman road (the short paved section before the cobblestone that leads to the pos