artistic itineraries Archivi - Sito ufficiale Valseriana e Val di Scalve

Industrial Archeology

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In the valley, which has been considered synonym of industrial work in the whole Europe for decades, an itinerary to admire precious proofs of the uman industriousness is not to be missed. The Cementificio Italcementi dominates with its big size eh municipality of Alzano Lombardo, impossible not to see the high ovens of 1883. Today the area hosts ALT – Art Work Territory, museum of contemporary art and not so far, the Cartiere Pigna, another concrete example of revitalization of an abandoned area thanks to Spazio FaSE.
In the neighbour of Albino we can find the Cotonificio Honegger-Spoerry, whose original structure of XIX century is still intact, anotther nineteenth-century cotton mill is the Valty-Wildy of Cene (now Texcene SpA).
There are also a lot of structures in Ponte Nossa and Villa d’Ogna. Finally, in Valbondione, the ovens in Gavazzo and, for people keen on walks, the hydroelecritc dam of Barbellino, realized at 1.8000 meters above sea level between 1917 and 1931. The bridge Valleggia between Rovetta and Songavazzo is another curiosity of twentieth-century engineering not to be missed, which rapresents one of the first bridges in reinforced concrete with a light structure in Europe.

Giovan Battista Moroni – Artistic Itineraries

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Among the numerous artists born in ValSeriana, the most famous is Giovan Battista Moroni, born in Albino around 1520. He wins the nobleness of his time with his portraits and he adorned numerous churches of the valley with his religious works of art.
The itinerary we propose starts from Albino, from the parish church of San Giuliano Martire and the paintings Crocifisso tra i santi Bernardino e Antonio da Padova (1573-75) e Trinità (1555). Nearby, in Bondo Petello, the parish church hosts the Madonna col Bambino in gloria e le sante Caterina d’Alessandria e Barbara.
Continuing to the route for the upper valley the visitor arrives in Fiorano al Serio where he can admire the polittico di San Giorgio in the parish church of San Giorgio Martire.
Dating from 1564 is the commission for the altarpiece Madonna col Bambino in trono e i ss. Pietro, Paolo e Giovanni Evangelista for the church of San Pietro in Parre.
Later but also worthy of admiration is the Madonna con il Bambino e i ss. Andrea e Pietro realized for the parish church of Fino del Monte.
Returning to Bergamo a compulsory stop is the church of Santi Sette Fratelli Martiri in Ranica which hosts a polyptych with the Battesimo di Cristo e il Crocifisso con la Vergine e Santi.

Art and Rural Life in ValSeriana

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The work in ValSeriana has been always linked to the farm and industrial culture, base of the usual life which today is preserved in different museums.
An innovative point of view is offered by Museo delle pietre coti (Mupic) of Nembro, placed in an old house of Bonorandi Family. Whereas Val Gandino proves its strong textile activity in Museo del tessile “Martinelli Ginetto” of Leffe (place in an ex-factory of ’60s) and the “ciodera” of Gandino, used always in textile field. For the upper ValSeriana, point of reference is the Museo Etnografico Alta ValSeriana (MEtA) of Ardesio, focalised on the themes of spinning and weaving of wool, on the work of woodsmen, charcoal-burners and miners. The Casa Museo di Piario and the Museo della cultura locale of Valbondione are different from the classic idea of museum, taken place in an atmosphere of home and authenticity. The local history of Val di Scalve is proved by the Museo Etnografico di Schilpario, located inside the old mill. To conclude we signal the Ecomuseo della Val Borlezza, with its interesting path dedicated to water mills and to the grinding.

Artistic Masterpieces in ValSeriana e Val di Scalve

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The churches and palaces of ValSeriana hosts works of art of invaluable religous value. In Alzano Lombardo the Basilica di San Martino preserves the Martirio di San Pietro d Verona by Palma il Vecchio (1526). Not so far from the modern village of Alzano, there is the village of Olera, whose Chiesa di San Bartolomeo hosts the polyptych of Cima da Conegliano. At Chiesa di San Bartolomeo of Albino, another wooden polyptych of Pietro Bussolo, with all-round sculptures, painted and inserted in a big golden frame. Among the richest village in number of works of art, Clusone is surly worth a mention with the big anthologic fresco of Trionfo della morte and the Danza Macabra in the complex of Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, artistic treasure chest. San Michele Arcangelo in Colarete is instead interesting, small bulding for mountain worship. Not so far, in Gromo San Marino, there is the parish church with diffrent frescos, among them the Teoria degli apostoli, work of Giacomo Borlone (XV sec.). In the parish church of Rovetta, the precious signature of Tiepolo on the altarpiece Gloria di Ognissanti (1735); finally there is the cappella dell’Annunciata in Cerete, with its walls completly decorated with frescos.

In ValSeriana, a proof of neoclassical sculpture is not missed, given by the famous sculpture Giovan Maria Benzoni. In Songavazzo, the village of his birth, the Addolorata is preserved, work of 1871 located in the Benzoni Family’s tomb, in the entry of the cemetery.