Walls in Bergamo are equipped with 4 gates: 3 drive-through and one just for pedestrians.

I enter the old city by St. Augustin gate. Just to the right lays also a large park and St. Augustin complex (a church and a part of town’s university).

I walk slowly close to the walls. There is a path I share with other walkers and many joggers (though it’s only 8.00 a.m. on Sunday). I let the spirit of Bergamo enter my mind …

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