The Protestant Cultural Center is located in Via Tasso, Lower Bergamo, not far from the Province Palace, and is managed by the Waldensian Cultural Center Foundation.
The location is not random: during the Renaissance, the neighborhood that developed around the street had the highest concentration of Protestant Swiss in the city. Many of the palaces that still adorn it were commissioned by those families, enriched through trade.
The Center is located inside civic number 55. After crossing the entrance gate, you proceed inside the portico to the inner courtyard - enclosed between the walls of the ancient Zavaritt palace and columns with round arches - to find the entrance on the right. Inside the building, the Girolamo Zanchi Library is also housed, which preserves over 5000 volumes and the documentary archive of the Waldensian Community, with writings dated from 1805 to the present.
Established by the Evangelical Christian Community of Bergamo in 1990, the Center aims to make Protestant culture more accessible and to be a place of dialogue with current culture (in scientific, ethical, political, and social fields). Despite its close connection with the Reformed religion, however, it positions itself as a free, open, and secular space where everyone is welcome.
According to its Statute, it is "a secular and non-confessional association that aims to promote the knowledge and study of the thought and religious, civil, and social history of Protestantism, from a perspective that does not neglect current debate."
The Center organizes annual meetings and conferences on the theme of Protestantism, its origins, and its developments in Bergamo, paying particular attention to the Waldensian branch. Cultural offerings include educational programs, exhibitions, and screenings of documentary films. The celebrations for the five-hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation (2017) were of great resonance, involving both institutions and the population of Bergamo.
The Protestant Cultural Center is located in Via Tasso, Lower Bergamo, not far from the Province Palace, and is managed by the Waldensian Cultural Center Foundation.
The location is not random: during the Renaissance, the neighborhood that developed around the street had the highest concentration of Protestant Swiss in the city. Many of the palaces that still adorn it were commissioned by those families, enriched through trade.
The Center is located inside civic number 55. After crossing the entrance gate, you proceed inside the portico to the inner courtyard - enclosed between the walls of the ancient Zavaritt palace and columns with round arches - to find the entrance on the right. Inside the building, the Girolamo Zanchi Library is also housed, which preserves over 5000 volumes and the documentary archive of the Waldensian Community, with writings dated from 1805 to the present.
Established by the Evangelical Christian Community of Bergamo in 1990, the Center aims to make Protestant culture more accessible and to be a place of dialogue with current culture (in scientific, ethical, political, and social fields). Despite its close connection with the Reformed religion, however, it positions itself as a free, open, and secular space where everyone is welcome.
According to its Statute, it is "a secular and non-confessional association that aims to promote the knowledge and study of the thought and religious, civil, and social history of Protestantism, from a perspective that does not neglect current debate."
The Center organizes annual meetings and conferences on the theme of Protestantism, its origins, and its developments in Bergamo, paying particular attention to the Waldensian branch. Cultural offerings include educational programs, exhibitions, and screenings of documentary films. The celebrations for the five-hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation (2017) were of great resonance, involving both institutions and the population of Bergamo.
