Bergamo

Bergamo (Italian: [ˈbɛrɡamo]; Lombard: Bèrghem, Aboot this soondlisten ) is a ceety in Lombardy, Italy. It is situatit aboot 40 km (25 mi) northeast o Milan an 30 km (19 mi) frae the lochs Como an Iseo.

Bergamo
Città di Bergamo
Tap: Ceety skyline at sunrise. Seicont row. Left: Palazzo della Ragione an Bergamo Cathedral. Richt: Cappella Colleoni. Third row. Left: asymptote airchitectur. Middle: Contarini Foontain in Piazza Vecchia. Right: Biblioteca Angelo Mai. Fourth row. Left: Bergamo–Albino light rail station. Richt: Passeggiata in the central destrict.
Tap: Ceety skyline at sunrise.
Seicont row. Left: Palazzo della Ragione an Bergamo Cathedral. Richt: Cappella Colleoni.
Third row. Left: asymptote airchitectur. Middle: Contarini Foontain in Piazza Vecchia. Right: Biblioteca Angelo Mai.
Fourth row. Left: Bergamo–Albino light rail station. Richt: Passeggiata in the central destrict.
Banner o Bergamo
Banner
Coat of airms o Bergamo
Coat airms
Eik-name(s): 
Città dei Mille ("Ceety o the Thoosand")
Bergamo is located in Italy
Bergamo
Bergamo
Location o Bergamo in Italy
Coordinates: 45°42′N 9°40′E / 45.700°N 9.667°E / 45.700; 9.667 9°40′E / 45.700°N 9.667°E / 45.700; 9.667
KintraItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceBergamo (BG)
Govrenment
 • MayorGiorgio Gori (PD)
Area
 • Total39.6 km2 (15.3 sq mi)
Elevation
249 m (817 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2011)
 • Total121,316
 • Density3,100/km2 (7,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Bergamasque
Bergamaschi (Italian)
Bergamàsch (Eastern Lombard)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
24100
Diallin code(+39) 035
Patron sauntSaunt Alexander
Saunt day26 August

Internaitional relations

Twin touns − Sister ceeties

Bergamo is twinned wi:[1]

  • Greenville, Unitit States, syne 1985[1]
  • Pueblo, Unitit States[1][2]
  • Mulhouse, Fraunce, syne 1989[1]
  • Tver', Roushie, syne 1989[1]
  • Bengbu, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, syne 1988[1]
  • Cochabamba, Bolivie, syne 2008[3]

Bergamo haes a pairtnership wi:

  • Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland[1]
  • Olkusz, Poland[1]
  • Bolesław, Poland[1]
  • Posadas, Argentinae, as Friendship an Cooperation ceety syne 1998[4]

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