Bergamo & its History

Bergamo is built on the ancient city of Bergomum, which was a settlement place for the Cenomani local tribe termed the Celtic tribe. It has a population of around 10,000. It was an important navy base and positioned between Friueli & Raetia. Attila ruined the city at around 5th century.

Alongside with the cities like Brescia, Cividale del Friuli and Trento, Bergamo in the 6th century, became one of the significant seats of the Lombard duchies that belonged to the northern area of Italy. Wallaris was the 1st Lombard duke. Charlemagne conquered the Lombard kingdom and therefore the throne of Bergamo came under one Auteramus.

Bergamo grew to become an independent community in the starting of the 11th century. In 1165, Bergamo defeated Fredrick I Barbarossa in the Lombard League. In 1264, Bergamo was ruled by Milan because of the riots among Guelphs & Ghibellines, which were led by the Colleoni, & the Suardi respectively. John of Bohemia captured the city in 1331 but it was recaptured by Milan soon after a while.

Malatesta conquered Bergamo in 1407 but it came under the rule of Venetian Republic in 1428. Bergamo and its territories grew to become a part of North Italy at the time of French & Napoleonic Dominion in the period from 1797 to 1815. And thus the Venetians vacated the important posts of the town.

Austrian empire took the charge of the Bergamo city in 1815. But in 1859, during the 2nd Italian War of Independence, Giuseppe Garibaldi took Bergamo and it was included in the Kingdom of Italy. Bergamo developed to and was one of the key industrialized metropolitan areas of Italy in the twentieth century. Additionally, Bergamo sustained very less damage in the course of World War II.

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