What to do near Canonica d'Adda, BG

Church of San Colombano in Vaprio d'Adda

A forest of stone symbols that seems to leap out of a medieval bestiary

Visconti Castle of Trezzo sull'Adda

Fascinating ruins of the castle built in 1300 by Barnabò as a military fortress but also used as a summer residence for lords. The tower, dungeons and dungeons remain.

Taccani hydroelectric power plant

A power plant that is still in use but can be visited. Its eclectic architecture, between modernism and neo-Romanesque, is reflected in the Adda with the beauty of a royal palace reflected in the river

Marne, hamlet of Filago

A small medieval village in the province of Bergamo rises where the Dordo River flows into the Brembo River

Basilica of Santa Giulia

A fascinating Romanesque church with no ceiling and no floor, and with the walls halfway up

Pagazzano Castle

A majestic Visconti Castle

Caravaggio, the Gothic church of Saints Fermo and Rustico

Imposing Lombard Gothic church with a tall 16th-century bell tower and a soaring facade culminating in five pinnacles, decorated with hanging arches and a fine banded portal.

Church of San Bernardino, a rediscovered masterpiece

Gothic and austere the exterior, splendid and Renaissance the interior

In Solza on the trail of Colleoni

In the castle of Solza, Bartolomeo Colleoni, captain of fortune, was born in 1395. A curious place, to which the stratifications of history have given an appearance somewhere between castle and farmstead.

Church of San Bernardino in Lallio

There is a rare Lombard Mannerist church in the province of Bergamo that is entirely frescoed. Splendid frescoes tell of Mary, St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Bernardine and the Passion.

Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta and San Sigismondo

Dating back to the 11th century, it underwent massive restoration in the early 1900s. However, the ancient and curious friezes depicting a wide variety of creatures are preserved: birds, dragons, and even mermaids.