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Fortress / Tower, 1561
Porta Sant'Alessandro
Building in Bergamo, Italy
At a glance
- Type
- Fortress / Tower
- Period
- Renaissance, 1561
- Protection
- Italian national heritage
- UNESCO World Heritage
- The Venetian Works of defence between 15th and 17th centuries
- Coordinates
- 45°42′23″ N, 9°39′28″ E
- Address
- Largo Porta Sant'Alessandro
About
No English description yet
Opening hours and directions are on this page. The full story is on Italian Wikipedia.
Read it in ItalianTimeline
- 1561Built
Events and people from Wikidata (CC0).
Photos
Getting there
BergamoTrain, nearest
2.2 km as the crow flies
Porta Sant'AlessandroLargo Porta Sant'Alessandro
Aeroporto Militare Antonio Locatelli4.7 km
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Porta Sant'Alessandro?
Porta Sant'Alessandro is in Bergamo, in the province of Bergamo (Lombardy), Italy. Address: Largo Porta Sant'Alessandro. GPS coordinates: 45.70649, 9.65784.
How old is Porta Sant'Alessandro?
Wikidata dates it to 1561.
What else is there to see near Porta Sant'Alessandro?
Nearby you’ll find: Torre di Adalberto (100 m away), Cittadella viscontea (100 m away), Casa natale di Gaetano Donizetti (100 m away).
Sources and licences
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 7 photos
- 750BergamoPtaSAlessandro — Geobia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Porta Sant'Alessandro, Bergamo — Kweedado2, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bergamo Mura Veneziane Porta S.Alessandro fronte interno — Lauramagri712, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bergamo Mura Veneziane Porta S.Alessandro — Lauramagri712, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bergamo - panoramio (29) — Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0
- Bergamo Brama sw Aleksandra — Andrzej Otrębski, CC BY-SA 4.0
- BG MuraVenete 11 — Ago76, CC BY-SA 4.0
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences