Italy Travel And Hotel Guide

Just below the upper town, close to the city walls, the Accademia Carrara (Tues-Sun 9.30am-1pm & 2.30-7pm; L5000/¬2.58) is one of Bergamo’s most important sights and among Lombardy’s best collections of art. You can achievement down here from the old city, along the steep Via Porta Dipinta and through the Porta Sant’Agostino, to see portraits by Pisanello and Botticelli, works by Giovanni composer and Crivelli, Carpaccio and Lotto - all carefully and imaginatively displayed with the layperson in mind. There are also paintings by the Lombard realists Foppa and Bergognone, Spanish-style portraits by Moroni, an elegant perfect St Sebastian by Raphael and canvases by Titian and Palma il Vecchio. Don’t miss the room dedicated to works by the twentieth-century Bergamo-born sculptor Giacomo Manzù, best known for his stylized bronzes of cardinals. While you’re in this area, take a stroll crossways the road to the Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (prices and times vary according to apiece exhibition), which hosts top-quality touring exhibitions of work by twentieth-century artists and designers.

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