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of the city of

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Com ...

in the

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region of

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Prior to 20th century

* 45 BCE - Bergomum

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established. Retrieved 22 December 2016 * 4th C. CE -

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo The Diocese of Bergamo ( la, Dioecesis Bergomensis; it, Diocesi di Bergamo; lmo, Diocesi de Bergum) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.Arnulf of Carinthia Arnulf of Carinthia ( 850 – 8 December 899) was the duke of Carinthia who overthrew his uncle Emperor Charles the Fat to become the Carolingian king of East Francia from 887, the disputed king of Italy from 894 and the disputed emperor from ...

. * 1108 CE - Comunal consuls elected. * 1137 - Santa Maria Maggiore church construction begins. * 1264 - Milanese in power. * 1336 - (castle) built. * 1355 - Santa Maria Maggiore church completed. * 1408 -

Pandolfo III Malatesta Pandolfo III Malatesta (c. 1369 – October 3, 1427) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Fano, a member of the famous House of Malatesta. Biography He was the second son of Galeotto I Malatesta. After the latter's death, the Malatesta lan ...

in power. * 1428 - Bergamo becomes part of the

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. * 1476 - Cappella Colleoni (chapel) built. * 1513 - Artist

Lorenzo Lotto Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He painted mainly altarpieces, religiou ...

moves to Bergamo. * 1549 - Population: 20,843. * 1561 - construction begins. * 1764 -

Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai The Biblioteca Civica (est. 1760) of Bergamo, Italy, is a public library founded by Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti (24 January 1685 – 14 January 1764) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, an antiquarian and philologist, ...

(library) founded. * 1776 - Population: 28,581. * 1780 -

Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo The Accademia Carrara, (), officially Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo, is an art gallery and an academy of fine arts in Bergamo, in Lombardy in northern Italy. The art gallery was established in about 1780 by , a Bergamasco collect ...

(art academy) founded. * 1791 - Teatro Nuovo (theatre) opens. * 1797 ** French client

Republic of Bergamo The Republic of Bergamo (Italian: ''Repubblica Bergamasca'') was an ephemeral French revolution, revolutionary French client republic, client republic, created on 13 March 1797 by the French army to rule the local administration of Bergamo and its ...

created. ** Future composer

Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style ...

born in Bergamo. * 1805 - Lezioni caritatevoli di musica (now the Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti) founded. * 1814 - Austrians in power. * 1840 - built. * 1857 -

Bergamo railway station Bergamo railway station ( it, Stazione di Bergamo) serves the city and ''comune'' of Bergamo, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1854, it is located at the junction of lines to Brescia, Lecco, Seregno and Treviglio. The station ...

in operation. * 1859 - (administrative area) established. * 1860 - becomes mayor. * 1861 - Population: 37,343. * 1869 -

Banca Popolare di Bergamo Banca may refer to: Places * Bangka Island, an island lying east of Sumatra, part of Indonesia * Banca, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'', France * Banca, Tasmania, a locality in Tasmania, Australia ...

(bank) established. * 1871 -

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founded. * 1887 - Bergamo Funicular railway Upper Town - Lower Town (funicular) begins operating. * 1890 - begins operating. * 1897 ** Monument to Donizetti, Bergamo erected in the Piazza Cavour. ** Population: 45,929.

20th century

* 1901 - begins operating. * 1907 ** City walls dismantled. ** Atalanta B.C. (football club) formed. * 1911 - Population: 55,306. * 1912 - and (funicular) begin operating. * 1927 - Colognola del Piano, , and

Valtesse Valtesse, located at is a quarter of the city of Bergamo in the north part of the city between the hill of Città Alta and Maresana Hill. The population is approximately 10,000. Overview Valtesse was a part of the fourth circoscrizione (admi ...

become part of Bergamo. * 1928 **

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, known for sponsorship reasons as the Gewiss Stadium since July 2019 and as Stadio di Bergamo in UEFA competitions, is a stadium in Bergamo, Italy. It is the home of club Atalanta B.C., Atalanta and has a capacity ...

(stadium) opens. ** Population: 81,400. * 1968 - Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature established. * 1983 -

Bergamo Film Meeting Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

(festival) begins.

21st century

* 2009 -

Bergamo–Albino light rail The Bergamo–Albino light rail is a light rail line that connects the city of Bergamo, Italy, with the town of Albino, in the lower part of the Val Seriana. It was built on the right-of-way Right of way is the legal right, established by gr ...

begins operating. * 2013 - Population: 115,072. * 2014 -

Giorgio Gori Giorgio Gori (born 24 March 1960, in Bergamo) is an Italian entrepreneur, journalist and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has been the mayor of Bergamo since June 2014. Early life Giorgio Gori attended high school at the ...

becomes mayor.

References

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Bibliography

in English

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in Italian

* * P. Pesenti. Bergamo (Bergamo, 1910) * * B. Belotti. Storia di Bergamo e dei bergamaschi, 1–4 (Bergamo, 1959) * V. Zanella. Bergamo città (Bergamo, 1971)

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