Mon – Sat 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
In the heart of one of the city’s historic hamlets, a large stone building combines 16th-century space and Baroque fluidity inside.
The church houses a magnificent work by Lorenzo Lotto.
Hardly walking down central Via Tasso in lower Bergamo will you remain unmoved by the rustic facade of this church, dominated by an imposing bronze sculpture representing the descent of the Holy Spirit looming over the churchyard.
The original structure of the building was part of a 14th-century monastic complex: the desire of a large group of wealthy 16th-century merchants to assert their social status no longer only through palaces but even through a church, transformed it profoundly.
The renovation of the church was very elaborate and two major architects from Bergamo worked on it at different times: Pietro Isabello in the 16th century and Gian Battista Caniana in the 18th century.
An imposing nave will greet you as you enter, with five chapels on each side: in the fourth on the right, don’t miss the marvelous altarpiece (oil on panel) by Italian Renaissance master Lorenzo Lotto, “Madonna and Child, St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Augustine, St. Sebastian and St. Anthony Abbot,” from 1521.
Mon – Sat 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
REACH:
Parking lot at 270 meters (via Camozzi) Parking lot in via Camozzi structure, with presence of reserved parking spaces.
Means of transportation: 200 meters (via Camozzi) bus stops line C and others; step height 15 cm; buses equipped with manual platform.
Pedestrian path of approach from parking lots and bus stop: level and adequate in width; paving in split stone slabs; lacking tactile-plantar signage.
Traffic lighted road crossing with connecting chutes and tactile-plantar guides.
ENTRY:
Entrance preceded by 12-15 cm step; door adequate in width and maneuverability
VISIT:
Single-nave interior space level and walkable; chancel preceded by 4 steps
Works of art visible, but lacking nametags and/or explanatory panels; Lotto altarpiece with paid lighting
No accouterments for the visually impaired.
USING THE BATHROOM:
There are no toilet facilities.
SUMMARY EVALUATION:
Persons with mobility disabilities: accessible with companion.
People with visual impairment: not very usable.
