Miscellaneous
- Angelo Roncalli, later to become Pope John XXIII and born in the province of Bergamo, studied in the diocesan minor seminary of Bergamo.
- The city is home to Costantino Rocca, the first Italian golfer to play in the Ryder Cup.
- The town hosted the seventh Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne in 1951.
- For about 55 years, from 1945 to 2000, the town was the site of the headquarters of the Mechanized Infantry Brigade "Legnano"
- Every year the town used to host an important poetry event called "BergamoPoesia"
- Giuseppe Donizetti also known as Donizetti Pasha, the eldest brother of Gaetano Donizetti, who became Instructor-General of the Ottoman Military Bands under Sultan Mahmud II and Sultan Abdulmecid I was born in Bergamo in 1788.
- Bergamo is the traditional birthplace of Arlecchino and Brighella, two popular characters of the commedia dell'arte
- Bergamo is crossed by river Morla
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