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Giovanni da Campione
- It was created by Giovanni da Campione in 1353 and sits just to the left of the Colleoni Chapel (Cappella Colleoni).
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According to the popular tradition, partially supported by documents, the church was built to comply with a vow made to the Virgin Mary in 1133 by the citizens of Bergamo to protect the city from the plague that was hitting northern Italy at that time. [1]
History. [edit] The Piazza and Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, by Giovanni Paolo Panini. It is now agreed that the present church was built on the Cispian spur of Rome's Esquiline Hill under Pope Celestine I (422–432) not under Pope Sixtus III (432–440), who consecrated the basilica on 5 August 434 to the Virgin Mary.
Being men of their word, in 1137 Bergamo’s citizens started to built the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica on the Piazza del Duomo, in the Upper Town. They actually acted big: the church turned out to be really beautiful, and it was adorned even more in the following centuries.
The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, in the historic heart of Upper Town, is par excellence the church of the people of Bergamo: wanted by the people and built with their offerings. Built in the second half of the 12th century, the exterior retains the original Romanesque-Lombard architectural lines, but inside it will leave you speechless ...
Overview. The spiritual heart of the upper city. Back in 1133, the entire area of Bergamo was hit by drought, plague and famine. The people of Bergamo later decided to build a church in honour of the Virgin Mary in the heart of the upper city, to thank her for protecting the city and getting it through this terrible period.
The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, which dates back to this latter age, is located in the heart of the Città Alta,nestled between piazza Vecchia and piazza Rosate, in the noblest part of historic Bergamo, surrounded by Venetian walls. Its urban and religious importance is confirmed by two facts: the first is that the building is devoid of a ...
Highlights include wooden marquetry designed by Lorenzo Lotto and the funerary tomb of the great Bergamo-born composer Gaetano Donizetti. According to legend, the people of Bergamo begged for protection from the Virgin Mary during a terrible outbreak of the plague in the early 1100s.
