Caravaggio, Lombardy

Town in Lombardy, Italy

For other uses, see Caravaggio (disambiguation).

Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Caravaggio

Careàs (Lombard)

Comune

Città di Caravaggio

The Porta Nuova gate to the historical centre.

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Coordinates: 45°30′N 09°39′E﻿ / ﻿45.500°N 9.650°E﻿ / 45.500; 9.650
Country| Italy
Region| Lombardy
Province| Bergamo (BG)
Frazioni| Masano, Vidalengo
Government

• Mayor| Claudio Bolandrini
Area

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• Total

| 32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation

| 111 m (364 ft)
Population

(30 April 2015)[2]

• Total

| 16,045
• Density| 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Demonym| Caravaggini
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

24043

Dialing code| 0363
Patron saint| SS. Fermo and Rustico
Saint day| 9 August
Website| Official website
Church of San Fermo e Rustico

Caravaggio (Italian: [karaˈvaddʒo]; Bergamasque: Careàs [karɛˈas]) 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 façade 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.[3]

## People

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* Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Renaissance writer and poet.
* Giovanni Mangone, 16th century architect and sculptor.
* Michelangelo Merisi o Amerighi da Caravaggio, Italian Baroque painter, who is named after the town.
* Polidoro da Caravaggio, Renaissance artist
* Riccardo Montolivo, footballer

## Transportation

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Caravaggio has a railway station on the Treviglio–Cremona line.

## Twin towns

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* Porto Ercole (Tuscany, Italy; since 1973)[4]
* Valletta (Malta; since 2010)[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
3. ^ Marco Carminati (2010). Per Violoncello Solo. ISBN 9788876474712..
4. ^ (in Italian) Infos at tuscanytravels.info Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ (in Italian) Infos at ilcaravaggio.comune.caravaggio.bg.it

## External links

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Media related to Caravaggio at Wikimedia Commons

* (in Italian) Caravaggio official website

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