Note: Located in southern foothills of the Alps; sacked by Attila the Hun in the 5th century; rebuilt and became seat of Lombard duchy 1296; passed to Venice 1428-1797, to Austria in 1815, and part of Italian kingdom 1859; site of Romanesque Cathedral begun in 1137 and Cappella Colleoni (1470-1476). The city today (population ca. 125,000) is divided into two parts: upper Bergamo (città alta) and lower Bergamo (città bassa), the modern city; the upper part crowns a steep hill and retains its circuit of 16th-century walls.
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