Valtesse

A view of a street of Valtesse under the snow

Valtesse, located at 45°42′57″N9°40′05″E / 45.71583°N 9.66806°E / 45.71583; 9.66806 , is a quarter of the city of Bergamo in the north part of the city between the hill of Città Alta and Maresana Hill. ^[1] The population is approximately 10,000.

Valtesse was a part of the fourth circoscrizione (administrative unit of the city), ^[2] and is divided into two Roman Catholic parishes: Sant'Antonio da Padova and San Colombano. ^[3] Valtesse borders with the borough of Valverde, Bergamo, Conca Fiorita, Monterosso and the municipality of Ponteranica.

Composer Gaetano Donizetti was buried in the cemetery of Valtesse in 1848, before his body was transferred to Bergamo's Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in 1875. ^[4]

References

1. Rampoldi, Giovanni B. (1834). Corografia dell'Italia (in Italian). Fontana. p. 1345. Retrieved 29 June 2025. VALTESSE, vill. di Lombardia, prov. e dist. di Bergamo, ai piedi del monte Maresana, sopra del quale estende il suo territorio coltivato con viti che danno pregiato frutto. Vi si annoverano quasi 1,000 abitanti, comprese ...[VALTESSE, a village in Lombardy, province and district of Bergamo, at the foot of Mount Maresana, above which extends its cultivated territory with vines that produce prized fruit. It has almost 1,000 inhabitants, including ...]
2. Casti, Emanuela (2004). Atlante dell'immigrazione a Bergamo: l'Africa di casa nostra (in Italian). Bergamo University Press. p. 73. ISBN   978-88-87445-50-3 . Retrieved 29 June 2025. La carta rappresenta il territorio del comune di Bergamo diviso in ... circoscrizione, che raggruppa circa un terzo di tutti gli stranieri ... Valtesse (Quarta Circoscrizione), Borgo S. Caterina-Redona (Quinta ...[The map represents the territory of the municipality of Bergamo divided into ... districts, which group together approximately a third of all foreigners ... Valtesse (Fourth District), Borgo S. Caterina-Redona (Fifth ...]
3. Ettore, Ferrari. "Bergamo". Perchè un portale dedicato a San Colombano (in Italian). Retrieved 29 June 2025.
4. Cassaro, James P. (15 July 2009). Gaetano Donizetti: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge. p. 16. ISBN   978-1-135-84660-2 . Retrieved 29 June 2025.