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10 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Bergamo, Italy

Updated October 3, 2024

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Unusual Attractions in Bergamo

Gli Sposi Borghesi (The Bourgeois Spouses).

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Cappella Colleoni

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

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Museo del Burattino

A museum entirely dedicated to Bergamo’s tradition of puppetry.

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Doors of the Dead

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Oratorio dei Morti

At the entrance of this chapel is a fresco commemorating the dead from the plague outbreak of 1630.

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Ex-Chiesa di San Michele all’Arco

Angels and demons watch over newspapers in this deconsecrated church.

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