A bright and imposing facade of white marble: a material also used in another Upper Town monument: if you have been watching the view from lower Bergamo well, you should guess which one it is!
The Palazzo Nuovo closes like a theatrical backdrop the side of Piazza Vecchia located beyond Via Colleoni; it is so called as opposed to the Palazzo Vecchio or della Ragione, located on the opposite side of the square.
Its construction occupies three centuries: it began in 1604 and was completed in 1928.
And also for three centuries, until 1873, the building was the seat of the Bergamo City Council.
Since 1928 it has housed in its rooms one of Italy’s most important libraries, the Angelo Mai Civic Library, which preserves parchments, codices, incunabula, and priceless music.
Inside, in the Tassiana room, you can admire the wonderful globes made by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, cosmographer of the Republic of Venice.
They date back to 1688 and 1692, have a circumference of almost 3 1/2 meters and are made from 50 illustrated sheets.
Try observing them: are they really so different from our globes?
REACH:
Parking:
at 130 meters (Hay Market Square): ONE reserved parking space with cobblestone paving.
Public transportation:
at 240 meters: the Upper Station of the funicular railway is located and one of the two cabins is accessible by stairlift.
Pedestrian path of approach from parking lots and bus stop: mostly level with slope (8% slope) at the end; paving in porphyry slats laid in a herringbone pattern; lacking tactile-plant markings.
ENTER:
Entrance via suitable chute as a slope and paving placed at the west end of the porch preceding the entrance door; door with no threshold of suitable width; Ticket counter height = 100 cm
Ground floor level
VISIT:
Main rooms on the second floor reached by stairs and two elevators (door width 90 cm; cabin 135×150; capacity 600-900 kg.
Classroom on the 3rd floor accessible by elevator and usable.
There are no accommodations for the blind, but guided tours are organized specifically for blind and visually impaired audiences
Use the bathroom: accessible bathroom on the ground floor.
Door 90 cm with external opening; room 220×190 cm; toilet height 48 cm, front and side approach; presence of grab bars; ergonomic washbasin height 74 cm, with inclined mirror.
Summary Assessment
Person with mobility impairment independently accessible.
Person with visual impairment: usable with companion.
