The Fortress
strategic importance
VISCONTI
Construction work for the fortress began in 1331
on the hill of Sant'Eufemia, under the orders of Guglielmo
of Castelbarco, were continued and completed by the successor Viscontis
to the power of the territories of Bergamo.
Aware of its strategic importance in military chessboard that saw them opposed to Venice, In the following years, the Viscontis further fortified the fortress in order to strengthen the defenses of the city.
Aware of its strategic importance in military chessboard that saw them opposed to Venice, In the following years, the Viscontis further fortified the fortress in order to strengthen the defenses of the city.
In order to
to increase its defensive function, in addition to the Rocca, San Giovanni il Nuovo was built on the hill
military complex,
the Citadel, according to a defensive project which saw the two works integrated into the same function
and enclosed the old city in a fortified enclosure.
The Citadel was an imposing and very vast work, including the part built on the San hill
Giovanni, still usable, is also the area located to the west now occupied by the episcopal seminary.
Around the middle of the 1400s the Republic of Venice
raised
the round tower.
After construction
of the walls, the fortress was transformed into
arsenal and the first one was placed there
gunpowder factory. Sold in
part as a stately residence from
French, with the Austrians it hosted a
barracks and therefore a prison.
Around 1927
The
Common
subjected the complex to a
radical recovery intervention. At the start,
in the building once used
Bomber School, were placed
ancient finds then transferred to
Archaeological Museum, later
around 1960, the Museum of the
Risorgimento, currently with a different
setup
of the Historical Museum of the City, the destination
remained unchanged.
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