Bergamo 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 the alpine lakes Como and Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Garda and Maggiore. The Bergamo Alps begin immediately north of the city.
Lecco is a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, Northern Italy, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como. The Bergamo Alps rise to the north and east, cut through by the Valsassina of which Lecco marks the southern end.
The province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. The province has a population of 1,103,768 (2023), an area of 2,754.91 square kilometers (1,063.68 sq mi), and contains 242 comuni.
Tolentino is a town and comune of about 19,000 inhabitants, in the province of Macerata in the Marche region of central Italy.
Camerata Cornello is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Milan and about 20 km (12 mi) north of Bergamo.
Gerosa was a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Milan and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 381 and an area of 10.1 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi).
San Giovanni Bianco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Milan and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Bergamo, located in the Val Brembana.
Taleggio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Milan and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 583 and an area of 46.6 square kilometres (18.0 sq mi).
Firenzuola is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence, in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Florence.
The Brembo is a 74-kilometer (46 mi) Italian river, a left tributary of the Adda, which runs entirely within the Province of Bergamo in the Lombardy Region.
The Enna is a stream in the Bergamo Alps of northern Italy. It begins near Morterone, cuts through the Val Taleggio, passes near the village of Taleggio, and after 13 kilometres (8 mi) flows into the Brembo river at San Giovanni Bianco.
Lombard cuisine is the style of cooking in the Northern Italian region of Lombardy. The historical events of its provinces and of the diversity of its territories resulted in a varied culinary tradition. First courses in Lombard cuisine range from risottos to soups and stuffed pasta, and a large choice of second course meat or fish dishes, due to the many lakes and rivers of Lombardy.
The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps are a mountain range in the southern part of the Alps. They are located in Lombardy, in the northern part of Italy.
The Bergamasque Prealps are a mountain range within the Alps. The range is located in Lombardy, in the north of Italy.
Val Vogna is a lateral valley of Valsesia, inside the municipality of Riva Valdobbia, Italy.
The Carminati family is a Bergamese family originally based in Val Brembilla. The first known reference to the Carminati was in a message from Pope John XVIII to Pietro Carminati della valle Brembilla in 6 January 1006 where the Pope, between other privileges, conceded to Pietro's son, Giacomo, the possibility of succession of the Bishop of Bergamo and to each member of the House of Carminati and its descendants the title of Knights and Counts for "valor demonstrated against the enemies of the faith of Christ and extension of the same ....".
The San Giacomo Altarpiece is a 1515 oil on panel painting by Palma Vecchio which hangs in the church of San Giacomo Maggiore in the Peghera district of Taleggio, Lombardy. It is also known as Pietà with Saint James, Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch.
Monte Alben, with a height of 2019 m above sea level, is a mountain in the Bergamasque Prealps, located along the ridge separating the Brembana Valley from the Seriana Valley, in the province of Bergamo.
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