Valtesse, located at is a quarter 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 north part of the city between the hill of Città Alta and

Maresana Hill Maresana is a hill north of the city of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. Its maximum elevation is 546 metres above sea level. Maresana belongs to the cities and villages of Bergamo, Ponteranica Ponteranica (Bergamasque: or ) is a ''comune'' (mu ...

. The population is approximately 10,000.

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Valtesse was a part of the fourth

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(administrative unit of the city) and is divided into two

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es: Sant'Antonio da Padova and Sant'Colombano. Valtesse borders with the borough of

Valverde, Bergamo Valverde is a quarter in the city of Bergamo, located on the north side of the hill of the '' città alta''. It has a population of approximately 1,000. It contains a Roman Catholic parish with a church dedicated to the Assumption of the Virg ...

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, Monterosso and the municipality of Ponteranica. Quarters of Bergamo Former municipalities of Lombardy {{Bergamo-geo-stub