Bergamo

In classical Latin, the toponym is attested as Bergomum, while in late Latin Bergame. The toponym in the local Bergamasque dialect of the Lombard language is instead Bèrghem. There are various hypotheses put forward to trace the origin of the name of the city.{{Cite web |date=2013-11-03 |title=L'ETIMOLOGIA DI BERGAMO |url=https://rinabrundu.com/2013/11/03/letimologia-di-bergamo/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=LA BARBA DI DIOGENE |language=en}}

Local historian and politician Bortolo Belotti compared the toponym to previous Celtic and pre-Celtic names, of which Bergomum would then only be the Latinisation; the word berg in Celtic means a protection, fortification or abode. In the writings of early Roman period, the toponym Bergomum appears to be associated with Bergimus, the Celtic god of mountains or dwellings.{{Cite book |last=Mommsen |first=Theodor |title=Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum |page=548}}

Historian Antonio Tiraboschi argued instead that the toponym stemmed from the Proto-Germanic language. The Bergamo toponym is similar to toponyms in various Germanic-speaking areas, and might be associated with *berg +*heim, or the "mountain home".{{Cite web|url=http://www.comune.bergamo.it/servizi/Menu/dinamica.aspx?idSezione=3786&idArea=1181&idCat=1190&ID=1471&TipoElemento=pagina|title=Comune di Bergamo (BG)|website=comune.bergamo.it|access-date=2018-08-15|archive-date=3 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503020058/http://www.comune.bergamo.it/servizi/Menu/dinamica.aspx?idSezione=3786&idArea=1181&idCat=1190&ID=1471&TipoElemento=pagina}} The hypothesis of a Germanic derivation clashes however with the absence of documents regarding Germanic settlements in the area prior to the settlement of the Lombards who settled in the northern part of the Italian peninsula after the collapse of the Roman Empire.{{Cite web |title=Cosa vedere {{!}} AEGEE-Bergamo |url=https://www.aegeebergamo.eu/it/i-love-bergamo/cosa-vedere/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |language=it-IT}}File:Città-alta.jpg

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Bergomum (as it was known in classical Latin) was first settled by the Ligurian tribe of the Orobii, during the Iron Age period.{{Cite web |title=Orobi nell'Enciclopedia Treccani |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/orobi |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=www.treccani.it |language=it-IT}} During the Celtic invasion of northern Italy, around the year of 550 BC, the city was conquered by the Celtic tribe of Cenomani.{{Cite book |last=Battista Rota |first=Giovanni |title=Dell'origine e della storia antica di Bergamo |page=55 |language=it}}

In 49 BCE, it became a Roman municipality, containing {{circa|10,000}} inhabitants at its peak.{{Cite web |last=Bergamo |first=Visit |title=LA BERGAMO ROMANA • • Visit Bergamo |url=https://www.visitbergamo.net/es/object-details/8149-la-bergamo-romana/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=visitbergamo.net |language=es}} An important hub on the military road between Friuli and Raetia, it was destroyed by Attila in the 5th century.

{{See also|Rule of the Dukes|Kingdom of the Lombards|List of kings of the Lombards}}From the 6th century, Bergamo was the seat of one of the most important Lombard duchies of northern Italy, together with Brescia, Trento, and Cividale del Friuli: its first Lombard duke was Wallaris.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

After the conquest of the Lombard Kingdom by Charlemagne, it became the seat of a county under one Auteramus (died 816). An important Lombardic hoard dating from the 6th to 7th centuries was found in the vicinity of the city in the 19th century and is now in the British Museum.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?place=37534&plaA=37534-3-1|title=Collection search: You searched for|website=British Museum}}

From the 11th century onwards, Bergamo was an independent commune, taking part in the Lombard League which defeated Frederick I Barbarossa in 1165. The local Guelph and Ghibelline factions were the Colleoni and Suardi, respectively.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

Feuding between the two initially caused the family of Omodeo Tasso to flee north {{circa|1250}}, but he returned to Bergamo in the later 13th century to organize the city's couriers: this would eventually lead to the Imperial Thurn und Taxis dynasty generally credited with organizing the first modern postal service.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

After a short period under the House of Malatesta starting from 1407, Bergamo was ceded in 1428 by the Duchy of Milan to the Republic of Venice in the context of the Wars in Lombardy and the aftermath of the 1427 Battle of Maclodio.

Despite the brief interlude granted by the Treaty of Lodi in 1454, the uneasy balance of power among the northern Italian states precipitated the Italian Wars, a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved, at various times, also the Papal States, France, and the Holy Roman Empire.Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw, The Italian Wars: 1494–1559. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2012.

The wars, which were both a result and cause of Venetian involvement in the power politics of mainland Italy, prompted Venice to assert its direct rule over its mainland domains.

As much of the fighting during the Italian Wars took place during sieges, increasing levels of fortification were adopted, using such new developments as detached bastions that could withstand sustained artillery fire.Max Boot, War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today. New York: Penguin Group, 2006.

The Treaty of Campo Formio (17 October 1797) formally recognized the inclusion of Bergamo and other parts of northern Italy into the Cisalpine Republic, a "sister republic" of the French First Republic that was superseded in 1802 by the short-lived Napoleonic Italian Republic and in 1805 by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.

At the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Bergamo was assigned to the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, a crown land of the Austrian Empire. The visit of Ferdinand I in 1838 coincided with the opening of the new boulevard stretching into the plains, leading to the railway station that was inaugurated in 1857. Austrian rule was at first welcomed, but later challenged by Italian independentist insurrections in 1848.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

Giuseppe Garibaldi conquered Bergamo in 1859, during the Second Italian War of Independence. As a result, the city was incorporated into the newly founded Kingdom of Italy.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

For its contribution to the Italian unification movement, Bergamo is also known as Città dei Mille ('City of the Thousand'), because a significant part of the rank-and-file supporting Giuseppe Garibaldi in his expedition against the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies came from Bergamo and its environs.

File:Cloudy day in Bergamo, view from Airport parking - panoramio.jpg from the airport]]

During the twentieth century, Bergamo became one of Italy's most industrialized areas.

In 1907, Marcello Piacentini devised a new urban master plan that was implemented between 1912 and 1927, in a style reminiscent of Novecento Italiano and Modernist Rationalism.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

The 2017 43rd G7 summit on agriculture was held in Bergamo, in the context of the broader international meeting organized in Taormina.{{Cite news|url=http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/10/15/news/g7_agricoltura_bergamo-178352010/|title=G7 Agricoltura, approvata la Carta di Bergamo: "Zero fame entro il 2030"|date=2017-10-15|work=Repubblica.it|access-date=2017-10-16|language=it}}

The "Charter of Bergamo" is an international commitment, signed during the summit, to reduce hunger worldwide by 2030, strengthen cooperation for agricultural development in Africa, and ensure price transparency.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bergamonews.it/2017/10/15/g7-nasce-la-carta-bergamo-cooperazione-trasparenza-sui-prezzi-lotta-allo-spreco-alimentare/267082/|title=G7, nasce la Carta di Bergamo: cooperazione, trasparenza sui prezzi e lotta allo spreco alimentare|date=2017-10-15|work=BergamoNews|access-date=2017-10-16|language=it-IT}}

In early 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, Bergamo's healthcare system was overwhelmed by patients with COVID-19. There were reports of doctors confronted with ethical dilemmas with too few ICU beds and mechanical ventilation systems.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-ethics-speci-idUSKBN2133KG|title=Special Report: 'All is well'. In Italy, triage and lies for virus patients|date=16 March 2020|work=Reuters|access-date=17 March 2020|language=en}} Morgues were overwhelmed, and images of military trucks carrying the bodies of COVID-19 victims out of the city were shared worldwide.{{cite web |last1=Bostock |first1=Bill |title=Video shows Italian army trucks transporting coffins from Italy's worst-hit city to remote cremation sites because morgues can't cope with more coronavirus deaths |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-italy-army-transport-coffins-bergamo-morgue-crisis-video-2020-3 |website=Business Insider |access-date=15 June 2020}} An investigative report by The New York Times found that faulty guidance and bureaucratic delays rendered the toll in Bergamo far worse than it had to be.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/29/world/europe/coronavirus-bergamo-italy.html|title=Behind the Curve: The Lost Days That Made Bergamo A Coronavirus Tragedy|date=29 November 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=29 November 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

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| Jan record high C = 21.9

| Feb record high C = 22.7

| Mar record high C = 27.1

| Apr record high C = 31.9

| May record high C = 35.5

| Jun record high C = 36.3

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The town has two centres: Città Alta ('Upper City'), a hilltop medieval town, surrounded by 16th-century defensive walls, and the Città Bassa ('Lower City'). The two parts of the town are connected by funicular, roads, and footpaths.

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The upper city, surrounded by Venetian walls built in the 16th century, forms the historic centre of Bergamo.{{cite web | url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/331/ | title=The city of Bergamo | publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre | access-date=1 February 2015 }}

Walking along the narrow medieval streets, you can visit numerous places of interest including:

• Cittadella (Citadel), built under the rule of the Visconti in the mid-14th century.
• Piazza Vecchia
• Palazzo della Ragione. This was the seat of the administration of the city in the medieval municipal period. Built in the 12th century, it was revamped in the late 16th century by Pietro Isabello. The façade has the Lion of Saint Mark over a mullioned window, testifying to the long period of Venetian rule. The atrium has a well-preserved 18th-century sundial.
• Palazzo Nuovo (Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai). It was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi in the early 17th century and completed in 1928.
• Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. It was built from 1137 on the site of a previous religious edifice of the 7th century. Construction continued until the 15th century. Of this first building the external Romanesque structure and the Greek cross plan remain. The interior was extensively modified in the 16th and 17th centuries. Noteworthy are the great Crucifix and the tomb of Gaetano Donizetti.
• Cappella Colleoni, annexed to Santa Maria Maggiore, is a masterwork of Renaissance architecture and decorative art. It contains the tomb of Bartolomeo Colleoni.
• Battistero (Baptistry), an elegant octagonal building dating from 1340.
• Bergamo Cathedral. It was built in the late 17th century with later modifications.
• Rocca. It was begun in 1331 on the hill of Sant'Eufemia by William of Castelbarco, vicar of John of Bohemia, and later completed by Azzone Visconti. A wider citadel was added, but is now partly lost.
• San Michele al Pozzo Bianco. Built in the 12th century, this church contains several frescoes from the 12th to the 16th centuries, including paintings by Lorenzo Lotto.
• Tempietto di Santa Croce. Small 12th century octagonal Romanesque chapel.
• Museo Civico Archeologico. It is housed in the Cittadella.
• Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi. It is housed in the Cittadella.
• Orto Botanico di Bergamo "Lorenzo Rota" (botanical garden).

File:View of Bergamo Città Alta from Via Sudorno, Italy (November 2021).jpg

File:Vista dalle Mura .... - panoramio.jpg

The lower city is the modern centre of Bergamo. At the end of the 19th century, Città Bassa was composed of residential neighborhoods built along the main roads that linked Bergamo to the other cities of Lombardy. The main boroughs were Borgo Palazzo along the road to Brescia, Borgo San Leonardo along the road to Milan and Borgo Santa Caterina along the road to Serio Valley. Borgo Santa Caterina is one of {{Lang|it|I Borghi più belli d'Italia}} ('The most beautiful villages of Italy').{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/lombardia/|title=Lombardia|access-date=31 July 2023|language=it}}

The city rapidly expanded during the 20th century. In the first decades, the municipality erected major buildings such as the new courthouse and various administrative offices in the lower part of Bergamo in order to create a new city center. After World War II, many residential buildings were constructed in the lower part of the city which are now divided into twenty-five neighborhoods:

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• Boccaleone
• Borgo Palazzo
• Borgo Santa Caterina
• Campagnola
• Carnovali
• Celadina
• Centro-Papa Giovanni XXIII
• Centro-Pignolo
• Centro-Sant'Alessandro
• Città Alta
• Colli
• Colognola
• Conca Fiorita
• Grumello del Piano
• Longuelo
• {{ill|Loreto (Bergamo)|it|lt=Loreto}}
• Malpensata
• Monterosso
• Redona
• San Paolo
• San Tomaso de' Calvi
• Santa Lucia
• Valtesse-San Colombano
• Valverde con Valtesse-Sant'Antonio
• Villaggio degli Sposi

The most relevant sites are:

• Accademia Carrara
• Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAMeC, Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art).

{{See also|List of mayors of Bergamo}}

{{Historical populations|1861|44765|1871|42662|1881|44291|1901|52482|1911|64422|1921|72260|1931|80050|1936|86788|1951|103236|1961|114948|1971|127884|1981|123383|1991|114820|2001|113038|2011|115349|2021|119476|type=|footnote=Source: ISTAT}}In 2010, there were 119,551 people residing in Bergamo (in which the greater area has about 500 000 inhabitants), located in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, of whom 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 16.79 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 23.61 percent. This compares with the Italian average of 17.88 percent (minors) and 20.29 percent (pensioners).{{cn|date=November 2022}}

The average age of Bergamo residents is 45 compared to the Italian average of 43. In the eight years between 2002 and 2010, the population of Bergamo grew by 5.41 percent, while Italy as a whole grew by 5.77 percent.{{cite web|url=http://demo.istat.it/bil2010/index.html |title=Statistiche demografiche ISTAT |publisher=Demo.istat.it |access-date=15 April 2012}}

Bergamo is in Lombardy, Italy's northern region where about a quarter of the country's GDP is produced.{{Cite web|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STAT-09-23_en.htm?locale=en|title=European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU27
GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London|website=europa.eu|language=en|access-date=2017-10-08}}

The city has an advanced tertiary economy focused on banking, retail, and services associated with the industrial sector of its province. Corporations and firms linked to the city include UBI banking group, Brembo (braking systems), Tenaris (steel), and ABB (power and automation technology).

{{See also|Accademia Carrara}}

Gaetano Donizetti was born in Bergamo in 1797. He's considered one of the most important composers of all time, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century and a probable influence on other composers such as Giuseppe Verdi.

Bergamo was the hometown and last resting place of Enrico Rastelli, a highly technical and world-famous juggler who lived in the town and, in 1931, died there at the early age of 34. There is a life-sized statue of Rastelli within his mausoleum. A number of painters were active in the town as well; among these were Giovanni Paolo Cavagna, Francesco Zucco, and Enea Salmeggia, each of whom painted works for the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Sculptor Giacomo Manzù and the bass-baritone opera singer Alex Esposito{{cite web|title=Alex Esposito|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/alex-esposito|work=roh.org.uk|publisher=Royal Opera House|access-date=25 February 2014}} were born in Bergamo.

The American electrical engineer and professor Andrew Viterbi, inventor of Viterbi's algorithm, was born in Bergamo, before migrating to the US during the Fascist era because of his Jewish origins. Designers born in Bergamo include Nicola Trussardi and the late Mariuccia Mandelli, the founder of Krizia and one of the first female fashion designers to create a successful line of men's wear.{{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Margalit|title=Mariuccia Mandelli, Italian Fashion Designer, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/fashion/mariuccia-mandelli-italian-fashion-designer-dies-at-90.html|work=The New York Times |date=2015-12-07 |access-date=2016-01-04}}

The physicist Fausto Martelli was born in Bergamo in 1982. Fausto Martelli is known for his fundamental contributions to the physics of liquids and glasses.

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The main city theater is the Gaetano Donizetti Theater; another historical theater is the {{ill|Teatro Sociale (Bergamo)|it|lt=Teatro Sociale|vertical-align=sup}}, in the Upper Town.

More modern is the tensile structure that houses the "Creberg Teatro Bergamo"{{Cite web |title=Il Teatro |url=https://www.crebergteatrobergamo.it/il-teatro/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Creberg Teatro Bergamo |language=it-IT}} with 1536 seats which make it one of the largest theaters in the province.

Another theatrical structure is the Auditorium in Piazza della Libertà. The building that houses the Auditorium was built in 1937 as the seat of the local Fascist Federation and known as the "House of Freedom".

Among the theatrical companies operating in Bergamo there are the TTB (teatro tascabile di Bergamo),{{Cite web |title=TTB - Teatro Tascabile di Bergamo |url=https://www.teatrotascabile.org/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.teatrotascabile.org}} La Compagnia Stabile di Teatro,{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Commedie musicali in dialetto bergamasco |url=http://www.teatrodelgioppino.it/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |language=it-IT}} Erbamil,{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.erbamil.it/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Erbamil |language=it-IT}} Pandemonium Teatro,{{Cite web |title=Pandemonium Teatro – Pandemonium Teatro |url=https://pandemoniumteatro.org/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |language=it-IT}} Teatro Prova,{{Cite web |date=2012-03-08 |title=::: Teatro Prova, spettacoli e laboratori per bambini e ragazzi ::: Bergamo ::: |url=http://www.teatroprova.com/template.php?pag=16130 |access-date=2022-06-13 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308020556/http://www.teatroprova.com/template.php?pag=16130 |archive-date=8 March 2012 }} Ambaradan and Slapsus,{{Cite web |date=2018-06-06 |title=ambaradan |url=http://www.ambaradan.org/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606044337/http://www.ambaradan.org/ |archive-date=6 June 2018 }} Luna and Gnac,{{Cite web |title=Teatro a Bergamo |url=https://www.lunaegnac.com/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Luna e Gnac |language=it-IT}} the CUT (University Theater Center){{Cite web |title=Centro Universitario Teatrale CUT Bergamo - scuola di teatro |url=https://www.cutbg.it/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |language=it}} and La Gilda delle Arti - Teatro Bergamo.{{Cite web |title=La Gilda delle Arti - Teatro Bergamo |url=http://lagildadellearti.it/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=lagildadellearti.it}}

• Bergamo's football team is Atalanta who play in the top level Serie A at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia. They are a one time Coppa Italia and UEFA Europa League winner.
• The city has a women's volleyball team named Volley Bergamo.
• The city is also home to the Bergamo Lions American football team, one of the most successful in European Football League history, winning multiple Eurobowls.
• The Olympic gold medalist skier Sofia Goggia was born in Bergamo in 1992. She won the gold medal in downhill skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
• The Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Michela Moioli was born in a town in the metropolitan area of Bergamo in 1995. She won the gold medal in snowboard cross at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the silver medal in mixed team snowboard cross at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

{{Further|University of Bergamo|Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research|Accademia Carrara|Bergamo Conservatory}}

Bergamo is served by Il Caravaggio International Airport {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=on}} to the southeast and by Milan Linate Airport {{convert|50|km|0|abbr=on}} to the southwest, as well as by

Bergamo railway station.

• San Benedetto, Bergamo
• San Bernardino in Pignolo, Bergamo
• San Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo
• San Michele al Pozzo Bianco

{{Main category|People from Bergamo}}

• Francesco Akira
• Giovanni Michele Alberto da Carrara
• Gaetano Donizetti
• Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Pietro Locatelli
• Lorenzo Lotto
• Giacomo Manzù
• Pio Manzù
• Andrea Previtali
• Enrico Rastelli

Bergamo is twinned with:{{cite web |url=http://www.comune.bergamo.it/servizi/menu/dinamica.aspx?id=1785 |title=Gemellaggi e relazioni internazionali |publisher=Comune di Bergamo |date=7 April 2006 |language=Italian |type=official website |access-date=2015-03-28 |archive-date=29 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029133055/http://www.comune.bergamo.it/servizi/menu/dinamica.aspx?ID=1785 }}

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• {{flagicon|USA}} Greenville, United States, since 1985
• {{flagicon|USA}} Pueblo, United States{{cite web |url=http://pueblosistercities.org/bergamo-italy |title=Pueblo's Sister Cities Home |publisher=Pueblo Sister Cities Commission |location=Pueblo, CO, USA |type=official website |access-date=2015-03-28}}
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Mulhouse, France, since 1989
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Tver', Russia, since 1989
• {{flagicon|PRC}} Bengbu, People's Republic of China, since 1988
• {{flagicon|BOL}} Cochabamba, Bolivia, since 2008{{cite web |url=http://cochabamba.gob.bo/Municipio/convenios |title=Convenios Internacionales |publisher=Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Cochabamba |language=Spanish |type=official website |location=Cochabamba, Bolivia |access-date=2015-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404090656/http://cochabamba.gob.bo/Municipio/convenios |archive-date=4 April 2015 }}
• {{flagicon|POL}} Olkusz, Poland, since 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.comune.bergamo.it/servizi/notizie/notizie_fase02.aspx?ID=4780|title=Bergamo firma il gemellaggio con Olkusz|language=Italian|publisher=Comune di Bergamo|access-date=31 March 2015 }}
• {{flagicon|GER}} Ludwigsburg, Germany, since 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.ludwigsburg.de/site/Ludwigsburg-Internet-2020/node/20130025 |author=Clemens Flach |title=Bergamo wird Partnerstadt |publisher=Stadt Ludwigsburg |date=21 October 2022 |language=de |access-date=22 March 2023}}
• {{flagicon|UKR}} Bucha, Ukraine, since 2022{{Cite web |title=Міста-побратими {{!}} Офіційний сайт Бучанської міської ради |url=https://bucha-rada.gov.ua/sister-city |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=bucha-rada.gov.ua |language=uk}}

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Bergamo has a partnership with:

• {{flagicon|POL}} Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
• {{flagicon|POL}} Bolesław, Poland
• {{flagicon|ARG}} Posadas, Argentina, as Friendship and Cooperation city since 1998{{cite web |url=http://www.primeraedicionweb.com.ar/nota/suplemento/2505/-posadas-y-sus-hermanas-.html |title=Posadas y sus hermanas |publisher=Primera Edición |language=Spanish |access-date=2015-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091041/http://www.primeraedicionweb.com.ar/nota/suplemento/2505/-posadas-y-sus-hermanas-.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}

Bergamo is home to the following consulates:

• {{flagicon|BOL}} Bolivia[http://www.easydiplomacy.com/consolato-onorario-di-bolivia-bergamo/ Consolato Onorario della BOLIVIA "Easydiplomacy"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101163834/http://www.easydiplomacy.com/consolato-onorario-di-bolivia-bergamo/ |date=1 January 2012 }}
• {{flagicon|SWI}} Switzerland{{cite web|url=http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/it/home/reps/eur/vita/afoita.html#rep_378|title=Rappresentanze svizzera in Italia|website=eda.admin.ch}}

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