Cavernago (
Bergamasque: ) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Bergamo
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in the
Italian region of
Lombardy
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, located about northeast of
Milan
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and about southeast of
Bergamo
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.
Cavernago borders the municipalities of
Calcinate,
Ghisalba,
Grassobbio
Grassobbio ( Bergamasque: or ) is a municipality (''comune'') in the Province of Bergamo, which consists of 6487 of inhabitants, in the Italian region of Lombardy. Grassobbio is located in the orographical right side of Serio river and around 8 ...
,
Seriate
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,
Urgnano, and
Zanica. It is home to the
Malpaga Castle
The Malpaga Castle (Italian: ''Castello di Malpaga'') is a castle in the communal territory of Cavernago, a village in the province of Bergamo, northern Italy. Its main features are the interior rooms frescoed by the Renaissance painter Il Roman ...
, a Renaissance fortress owned by the
condottiero
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and local lord
Bartolomeo Colleoni. Another castle, that of Cavernago proper, was later remade in the 17th century in Baroque style.
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