Bergamo is a city in Lombardy - Italy, located 40 km north east of Milan. Bergamo city has a population of 120,000 inhabitants and is situated at the foot of the Alps. Initial location of the town was a defensive platform hill and the city itself was surrounded
by thick walls.
The town has two centers: "Città Alta (upper town), a medieval town situated on a hill, surrounded the seventeenth century and cyclopean defensive walls Città Bassa (lower town). The two parts of the city are connected by funicular / cable car, roads and trails.
Parking spaces are very limited in the upper town and local traffic is prohibited on weekends.