| Cavernago | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Lower Bergamo area | |
| Altitude | 199 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 7.65 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 2.590 (2017) | |
| Name inhabitants | cavernaghesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 035 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 24050 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | Saint Mark | |
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Cavernago is a city of Lombardy.
To know
Located in the Bergamo plain, it is about 12 kilometers south-east from Bergamo.
How to orient yourself
Cavernago: full screen map.How to get
Church of San Giovanni Battista
By plane
The nearest airports are:
- 1 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (the Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio (25 km), ☎ 39 035 326323.
- 2 Milan-Linate airport, Viale Enrico Forlanini (30 km), ☎ 39 02 232323.
- 3 Milan-Malpensa Airport (MXP), Ferno. The airport has two terminals (T1 and T2), the second is used for low cost flights.
By car
- A4 motorway: Grumello-Telgate exit.
- A4 motorway: exit Serious.
On the train
- Railway station of Bergamo.
- Railway station of Roman of Lombardy.
By bus
Bergamo South Transport Bus.
How to get around
What see
Malpaga Castle
Cavernago Castle
- 1 Malpaga Castle, Castle square - Malpaga hamlet, ☎ 39 035 840003.
adults 6 €, reduced 4 €. 
From March to May and from September to November. Bartolomeo Colleoni, captain general of the Serenissima, bought the ruined castle of Malpaga from the Municipality of Bergamo in 1456 with the intention of making it his residence and the center of his domain. He renovated and transformed the castle making it an impregnable fortress, a housing camp for his soldiers and a magnificent residence: a princely court, testimony of a socio-military success, as well as a political center in the often confused scenario of the Italian geopolitics of the time, and at the time itself a good retreat for the sunset years. Like all Renaissance principles, Colleoni wanted to affirm and manifest the prestige achieved and the power conquered through visible works that give memory of the greatness achieved, through a patronage that certified his sensitivity to culture, beauty, art. - 2 Cavernago Castle, Via Castello 1, ☎ 39 035 958966. The origin of the structure dates back to 1243 when the canons of the Bergamo cathedral took possession of an ancient building in the same locality. This, located in a strategic position as it is located at the crossroads between the provinces of Milan, Bergamo and Brescia, in 1470 the structure and its dependencies were purchased by public deed by the famous leader Bartolomeo Colleoni, who made important changes. Upon his death, the fiefdom of Cavernago and its castle passed into the hands of Gherardo Martinengo-Colleoni, husband of Ursina, one of the leader's daughters. The current building, characterized by a baroque style and a large courtyard with a double loggia, dates back to the 17th century. The square-plan building is devoid of battlements and walkways: these elements suggest that it is not a military fortress, as is, for example, the nearby Malpaga castle, but that it was conceived as a family residence , in order to guarantee all the comforts that befits a noble family. The castle was also equipped with a drawbridge, a moat (now devoid of water), a central well, as well as a large garden.
- 3 Church of San Marco.
adults 6 €, reduced 4 €. 
From March to May and from September to November. Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Inn of the Noble Travelers, Via Castello di Malpaga, 6, ☎ 39 035 4498341.
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 Inn of the Noble Travelers, ☎ 39 035 4498341.
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
Itineraries
- Via Carolingia - European itinerary that crosses the places traveled by the court of Charlemagne between the 8th and 9th centuries to travel from Aachen to Rome, where Pope Leo III crowned the Carolingian sovereign emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas night in the 19th century.
