176 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - softbound - printed 2023
Italian text

FROM BERGAMO TO EUROPE
HISTORIC ROUTES MERCATORUM AND PRIULA

New edition that takes up and updates the publication created in 2007 in the context of an exhibition on the historic routes of the Brembana Valley with the aim of organizing the considerable amount of contributions of a historical, scientific and descriptive nature dedicated to the topic in a unitary and concise form, however as complete as possible, also providing unpublished documentary elements.

It is characterized by a new graphic structure and by a careful revision of the contents updated on the basis of knowledge acquired with new research and through the comparison with various works published in the last fifteen years.

Problems relating to the origin and location of the main roads already existing in the Middle Ages are clarified, following their evolution over the centuries, with attention to their role in the connections between Bergamo, the Brembana Valley and the lands beyond the Alps.

The book also offers a brief review of the access routes from Bergamo to the Brembana Valley active before the construction of the Strada Priula and alternatives or supplements to the better known «Via Mercatorum».

Many tables with the spots important for their history, architecture and art; many photographs and reproductions of documents.