TRAVEL DIARY                                                                                                                                                                                                         04/03

"Dear Diary,

my journey in Lombardy starts in Bergamo. I land at the Caravaggio International Airport, then I take a bus to the city centre from where I can already  see the magnificent Upper Town. 

The Upper Town is a medieval town and the first thing I notice is that it is surrounded by ramparts. They were added to pre-existing fortifications in the   sixteenth century, during the Venetian domination and made the town an impregnable fortress. Bergamo would not be the same without its imposing   Venetian Walls: over five km long, an inestimable artistic and cultural value which was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2017. And l   listen to this: in 2017 Bergamo won the World Guinness Record for the longest chain of hugs, a human chain which involved 5,730 pairs joined for 10   seconds along the 5 km of the Venetian walls. 

 I reach the Venetian Walls..."

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