The Fara rampart and meadow are located next to the St. Agostino rampart, near the St. Agostino Gate, at the eastern end of the Upper Town walls. The rampart is part of the fortifications built in the XVI century by the Venetian Republic to protect Bergamo, today a UNESCO site, and together with the Fara curtain wall it defended the area between the St. Agostino and St Lorenzo ramparts.
Today it is a panoramic and much-loved part of the strolls along the walls, thanks to the tranquillity of the area and the presence of many places where people can relax.
More internally, just in front of the former St. Agostino Church, there stretches the Fara meadow, once and for a long time an inaccessible area. Here in fact was what the Bergamo people called "fupù", a big pit in the ground then filled, during the 1930s, with the debris from abandoned and irrecoverable Upper Town buildings, demolished as part of the consolidation project started by engineer Luigi Angelini.
Today, luckily, this meadow is a meeting place for many people: as soon as the warm season comes, the area is full of sportsmen, groups of friends and families wishing to spend time outdoors. What are you waiting for? Come join them!
The Fara rampart and meadow are located next to the St. Agostino rampart, near the St. Agostino Gate, at the eastern end of the Upper Town walls. The rampart is part of the fortifications built in the XVI century by the Venetian Republic to protect Bergamo, today a UNESCO site, and together with the Fara curtain wall it defended the area between the St. Agostino and St Lorenzo ramparts.
Today it is a panoramic and much-loved part of the strolls along the walls, thanks to the tranquillity of the area and the presence of many places where people can relax.
More internally, just in front of the former St. Agostino Church, there stretches the Fara meadow, once and for a long time an inaccessible area. Here in fact was what the Bergamo people called "fupù", a big pit in the ground then filled, during the 1930s, with the debris from abandoned and irrecoverable Upper Town buildings, demolished as part of the consolidation project started by engineer Luigi Angelini.
Today, luckily, this meadow is a meeting place for many people: as soon as the warm season comes, the area is full of sportsmen, groups of friends and families wishing to spend time outdoors. What are you waiting for? Come join them!
