Pictures of Citta Alta

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Ride the quick funicular back in time to this hilltop plateau of medieval and Renaissance churches, palaces and towers that seem to compete to be the tallest.

Ride the quick funicular back in time to this hilltop plateau of medieval and Renaissance churches, palaces and towers that seem to compete to be the tallest.

Photographers say, to get a true feel for a place, get high. Obviously that means elevation. Take in Lombardy’s Bergamo and environs from this high location.

Many European cities are lucky to have a link to the past with their old walls. Visit this city that is doubly fortunate, as the walls are in excellent shape. 

Learn about the private life and the famous compositions of Bergamo’s gifted son in this majestic 12th-century palace where you can also see historic musical instruments and works of art.

Ride the quick funicular back in time to this hilltop plateau of medieval and Renaissance churches, palaces and towers that seem to compete to be the tallest.

Ride the quick funicular back in time to this hilltop plateau of medieval and Renaissance churches, palaces and towers that seem to compete to be the tallest.

Learn about the private life and the famous compositions of Bergamo’s gifted son in this majestic 12th-century palace where you can also see historic musical instruments and works of art.

Admire the works of art in this 12th-century church that has no main entrance. The structure sprang from the wreckage of a plague.

Many European cities are lucky to have a link to the past with their old walls. Visit this city that is doubly fortunate, as the walls are in excellent shape. 

Ride the quick funicular back in time to this hilltop plateau of medieval and Renaissance churches, palaces and towers that seem to compete to be the tallest.

Admire the works of art in this 12th-century church that has no main entrance. The structure sprang from the wreckage of a plague.

Many European cities are lucky to have a link to the past with their old walls. Visit this city that is doubly fortunate, as the walls are in excellent shape. 

Many European cities are lucky to have a link to the past with their old walls. Visit this city that is doubly fortunate, as the walls are in excellent shape. 

Many European cities are lucky to have a link to the past with their old walls. Visit this city that is doubly fortunate, as the walls are in excellent shape. 

Overlooking Bergamo’s Piazza Vecchia sits a white-marbled building that commands attention with its statues. Step into this building to uncover Bergamo’s history.

Ride the quick funicular back in time to this hilltop plateau of medieval and Renaissance churches, palaces and towers that seem to compete to be the tallest.

Get a close-up view of the Big Bell at the summit of the structure that is the tallest in the City of One Hundred Towers.

Ride the quick funicular back in time to this hilltop plateau of medieval and Renaissance churches, palaces and towers that seem to compete to be the tallest.

Many European cities are lucky to have a link to the past with their old walls. Visit this city that is doubly fortunate, as the walls are in excellent shape. 

Get a close-up view of the Big Bell at the summit of the structure that is the tallest in the City of One Hundred Towers.

Many European cities are lucky to have a link to the past with their old walls. Visit this city that is doubly fortunate, as the walls are in excellent shape. 

Admire the works of art in this 12th-century church that has no main entrance. The structure sprang from the wreckage of a plague.

Admire the works of art in this 12th-century church that has no main entrance. The structure sprang from the wreckage of a plague.