Piazza Vecchia, Piazza Vecchia with its medieval and renaissance architecture is the heart of Città Alta, and has morphed from being the centre of political power for centuries to being the most ...

THE moon gently illuminated Piazza Vecchia, in the northern Italian town of Bergamo, one late October evening. Shadows speckled Renaissance-era buildings, houses with wrought-iron balconies and ...

Bergamo: Piazza Vecchia, a café clad square in the center of Città Alta, is surrounded with elegant architecture such as Palazzo Nuovo and Torre del Campanone, which showcase Bergamo's storied past.

Go to church: Hidden behind the lion-topped loggia overlooking Bergamo Alta’s central Piazza Vecchia — a feline symbol of Venetian rule over the city for more than three centuries — you’ll ...

What to see and do Piazza Vecchia: This square has been the heart of the Città Alta since Roman times. Once the ancient Forum, it’s now a stately Venetian affair with grand palazzos wrapped ...

A tiny b & b in a 16th-century palazzo 50 yards from the Piazza Vecchia; the larger “Venus and Saturn” suite has a log-burning fireplace (0039 035 233829; www.casamariolupo.it; from €40/£35 ...

Bergamo: Piazza Vecchia, a café clad square in the center of Città Alta, is surrounded with elegant architecture such as Palazzo Nuovo and Torre del Campanone, which showcase Bergamo's storied past.