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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Bergamo

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

Updated October 3, 2024

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Bergamo, Italy

Cappella Colleoni

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.
Gli Sposi Borghesi (The Bourgeois Spouses).

Bergamo, Italy

'Living Skeletons Scenes'

Six paintings reminding you that death is integral part of everyday life.
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Bergamo, Italy

Museo del Burattino

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

Bergamo, Italy

Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards

Beautifully decorated tarot cards from the Middle Ages.
Doors of the Dead

Bergamo, Italy

Doors of the Dead

It's believed that the dead were once taken out of houses through these now walled-up doors.
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Bergamo, Italy

Oratorio dei Morti

At the entrance of this chapel is a fresco commemorating the dead from the plague outbreak of 1630.
Metal shelves reach the high heavens

Bergamo, Italy

Ex-Chiesa di San Michele all’Arco

Angels and demons watch over newspapers in this deconsecrated church.

Bergamo, Italy

Tomb of Enrico Rastelli

A genius of the art of juggling is buried here.
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