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 water fountains by irisbe
It looks like there once was a door. In fact there was before it was frescoed during the Renaissance times. It used to be a “porta” through the medieval walls.
The name Via Porta Dipinta derives from it. Leave a Comment
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 valcalepio wine by barrikello
This wine has three varieties: red, white and the uncomparable Moscato Passito di Scanzo. The latter is the symbol of the Bergamo enology - famous for its sweetness, tasting of pepper, cinnamon and rose - it finds its perfect match with sweets like almond biscuits. Only few thousands of bottle are produced every year and its price varies between 20 and more than 100 Euros. Leave a Comment
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 flour for polenta by barrikello
And, to get the real polenta alla bergamasca, you need the special flour obtained by grinding the local corn with special stone mills and at low temperatures. The flour can be white or yellow (most common): remember that the polenta made with yellow flour is suitable for meat and cheeses while the white one is perfect for matching the fish. Leave a Comment
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If Piazza Vecchia is the heart of Citta Alta than via Colleoni could be considered as its soul. It is where visitors spend most of their time, strolling up and down this street which reminds to an artery. There are numerous and very pitoresque window shops on both of its sides offering suveniers, cloths, works of art etc. In case you feel too tired to walk and need a rest, I suggest the gallery of cafe-pastry Donizetti.
Unfortunatelly, via Colleoni isnt stricktly pedestrian area as it should be. Your strolling might be disturbed, from time to time, by the residents of Citta Alta or supplaying cars. Leave a Comment
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 salame di Bergamo by barrikelloLeave a Comment
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 family visits to the church by irisbe
One of the most favourite things to do, as I can remember from my own childhood as well, is when you are allowed to burn a candle.
No different with the kids on the picture who visited and were very eager to lit theirs and make a little prayer or wish. Leave a Comment
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 local cake by barrikello
This dessert resembles the former in colour and shape; it's actually made of almond paste and chocolate birds on it. It's stuffed with sponge cake. Leave a Comment
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Known in Italy (and I've notices also outside Italy) as the most difficult dialect to understand, the 'Bergamasco' is really impossible to get if you are not a local for generations. And I tell you that because I was born here but my parents are from outside Bergamo - though still in Lombardy - and I can't understand it thorougly. The Bergamasco is still spoken in some areas of the town (especially in the suburbs near the countryside) and in the valleys but, as the other dialects, it's getting more and more unused.
It's a neolatin language, developed under the Longobard rule. Its being difficult for the non locals is given by the presence of nine vowels (italian has five) and some consonant matches (like s + ch) that are not used in italian.
The Bergamasco had its fame peak when movie director Ermanno Olmi filmed 'L'albero degli Zoccoli' in 1978 in Bergamasco as to show the local real conditions of life in early 20th century. Leave a Comment
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