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Town in Lombardy, Italy
Comune in Lombardy, Italy
Church of San Fermo e Rustico
Caravaggio
(
Italian:
[kara?vadd?o]
;
Bergamasque
:
Careas
[kar??as]
) is a town and
comune
in the
province of Bergamo
, in
Lombardy
,
Italy
, 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of
Milan
. It is the home town of
renaissance
era artists
Caravaggio
and
Polidoro da Caravaggio
.
History
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The town received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on December 22, 1954.
Geography
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Caravaggio borders with the municipalities of
Bariano
,
Brignano Gera d'Adda
,
Calvenzano
,
Capralba
(
CR
),
Fornovo San Giovanni
,
Misano di Gera d'Adda
,
Morengo
,
Mozzanica
,
Sergnano
(CR) and
Treviglio
. Its
frazioni
are Masano and Vidalengo.
Main sights
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The city is best known for the
Sanctuary
(15th century).
Other sights include:
- The
Gallavresi Palace
(or the Marchioness Palace), now the Town Hall. It dates to the second half of the 13th century.
- Church of
San Fermo e Rustico
, in
Lombard-Gothic style
, built in the 13th century over a pre-existing holy edifice. The two aisles were added in 1429. It has a facade in brickwork with a marble central portal, surmounted by a large
rose window
. It is flanked by a 76-metre (249 ft) high bell tower, built in 1500 by governor Giovanni Dandolo. The interior houses the Holy Sacrament Chapel (late 15th-early 16th century), in
Bramantesque
style, variously attributed to
Giovanni Battagio
; also present are works by
Bernardino Campi
,
Giovanni Moriggia
,
Giulio Cesare Procaccini
and
Nicola Moietta
.
- Church of
Santa Liberata
(16th century), with frescoes.
- Porta Nuova arch (18th century)
- Teatro Amerighi
, named after the family of the
painter
Michelangelo Amerighi da Caravaggio
, it was a theatre designed by the
Liberty style
architect
Carlo Bedolini
and built at the beginning of the 20th century. It has been probably the most important cultural and social spot of the city for decades before being destroyed at the end of the
Second World War
. In the area it was considered like a little
Teatro alla Scala
.
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People
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Transportation
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Caravaggio has a railway station on the
Treviglio?Cremona
line.
Twin towns
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References
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External links
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Media related to
Caravaggio
at Wikimedia Commons
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