![]() ![]() ![]() The Bergamo historian and politician Bortolo Belotti compared the toponym to previous Celtic and pre-Celtic names, from which Bèrghem would derive, of which Bergomum would then only be the Latinisation the word berg in Celtic means a protection, fortification or abode. There are various hypotheses put forward to trace the origin of the name of the city. The toponym in the local Bergamasque dialect of the Lombard language is instead Bèrghem. In classical Latin the toponym is attested as Bergomum, while in late Latin Bergame. Bergamo is the second most visited city in Lombardy after Milan. The city is served by Il Caravaggio International Airport, the third-busiest airport in Italy with 12.3 million passengers in 2017. īergamo is well connected to several cities in Italy, thanks to the motorway A4 stretching on the axis between Milan, Verona, and Venice. Its neighborhood Borgo Santa Caterina is a member of the I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy") association. ![]() The upper town is encircled by massive Venetian defensive systems that are a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 9 July 2017. The city of Bergamo is composed of an old walled core, known as Città Alta ("Upper Town"), nestled within a system of hills, and the modern expansion in the plains below. The Bergamo metropolitan area is itself part of the broader Milan metropolitan area, home to over 8 million people. The metropolitan area of Bergamo extends beyond the administrative city limits, spanning over a densely urbanized area with slightly less than 500,000 inhabitants. Bergamo is the seat of the Province of Bergamo, which counts over 1,103,000 residents (2020). With a population of around 120,000, Bergamo is the fourth-largest city in Lombardy. The Bergamo Alps ( Alpi Orobie) begin immediately north of the city. Bergamo ( Italian: ( listen) Bergamasque: Bèrghem ( listen)) is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Milan, and about 30 km (19 mi) from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como and Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Garda and Maggiore. ![]()
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