Cathedral of Bergamo

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The Cathedral of Bergamo or Duomo di Bergamo is dedicated sinc 1638 to Sant'Alessandro, patron saint of Bergamo, and is found in the old (upper) city.The cathdreal host the seat of the bishop of Bergamo.

[edit] History

The construction of a church on the site began in Lombard era. By the 1400s, bishop Giovanni Barozzi commissioned a new building. Filarete in his writings attributed to himself the plans. In 1689, the structure again was updated using designs by Carlo Fontana. The facade was not completed till 1889.

[edit] Interior decoration

In the first chapel on the right is a St. Benedict and Saints by Andrea Previtali (1524) and on the first chapel to the left of the nave, is a Madonna and child with Saints by Giovan Battista Moroni (1576). The church conserves a Madonna with child with two doves by Giovanni Cariani, as well as canvases attributed to Giambettino Cignaroli and Sebastiano Ricci, a Saints Firmus, Rusticus, and Proculus (1704). The apse has a Martyrdom of St. John of Bergamo, Bishop (1731-1743) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The St. Alessandro was painted by Carlo Innocenzo Carloni. The main altar was designed by Filippo Juvara. The choir area has wooden intaglio panels by Johann Karl Sanz.