The name of this street comes from the Latin compitum, crossroads. In Roman times, this was the crossroads between the decumanus maximus (Via Gombito and Via Colleoni) and the cardo maximus (Via S. Lorenzo and Via Mario Lupo).
The medieval town developed along the same plan as the Roman town, where the layout was of perpendicular streets, cardi, which ran from north to south and decumani, from east to west. Historic artefacts from Bergamo in the Roman era are housed in the Civico Museo Archeologico (Museum of Archeology) in Piazza Cittadella.
The name of this street comes from the Latin compitum, crossroads. In Roman times, this was the crossroads between the decumanus maximus (Via Gombito and Via Colleoni) and the cardo maximus (Via S. Lorenzo and Via Mario Lupo).
The medieval town developed along the same plan as the Roman town, where the layout was of perpendicular streets, cardi, which ran from north to south and decumani, from east to west. Historic artefacts from Bergamo in the Roman era are housed in the Civico Museo Archeologico (Museum of Archeology) in Piazza Cittadella.
