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BERGAMO CULTURAL HERITAGE: A COMPLEX SYSTEM OF LANDSCAPES - Coggle Diagram
BERGAMO CULTURAL HERITAGE: A COMPLEX SYSTEM OF LANDSCAPES
Presentation
in the
Northern area of Italy
strategic position as it is the center of
Padana Megalopolis
> definition by Gotham to the urbanized area that goes from Turin to Venice
typical example of an
urbanized landscape
an airport in
Orio al Serio
, a lot of mobility infrastructures, such as motorway and railway
there are also
green spaces
, but not so urbanized as they are on the hills or mountains > they couldn't be transformed because of their morphology
Lombardy region
40% of mountains
12% of hills
48% of flat land, a variety of territories that develop in longitudinal way
Province of Bergamo
in the middle of Lombardy
physical evolution of landscapes
Parco delle Orobie Bergamasche
> regional and natural park, contiguous to the one of Valtellina
Lake Iseo
> limit between the province of Bergamo and Brescia, hilly landscape (creates the passage between the mountains and the plain, it's a continuum)
Adda River
> industrial heritage (rivers created the condition to settle the industries), flat farming and industrial land; variety of landscapes related to the historical facts, different political and social transformations that happened
Bergamo: Città Alta
7 different hills
, gates that protected the city in the past
Borghi
> different districts that connected Bergamo to other cities (commercial power)
Borgo S. Caterina
(to the Republic of Venice)
Borgo Palazzo
(to the Republic of Venice)
Pignolo
(to the Republic of Venice)
Borgo Canale
(to Lecco)
Borgo San Lorenzo
(to Valle Brembana)
Presentation
The old town Città Alta
> on the top of the hills; it was a commercial city and lots of squares have the names of a special market
Ancient Borghi
> small urban settlements built along sloping roads connecting Città Alta and the rest of the land
Valleys with monasteries
> small valleys connected with Città Alta by paths and ancient roads
Ancient corpi santi
> small rural settlements built in the plain area around a sacred place and surrounded by farming areas serving the city
2 important characteristics: a city of green and stone landscape
a half is reserved to infrastructures while the other to
green areas
Lorenzo Rota botanical garden
gardens in San Giacomo
terraces at Porta San Lorenzo
Roccolo di Castagneta