Sam and companions traveled from Lecco to Bergamo where they caught the train for Venice, July 20, 1867. Mark Twain Project: Quaker City Itinerary.

From Bædeker:

Bergāmo ( 1250 ft.) (* Italia, R . from 2 fr. , L . 1/2 , A . 1/ 2 fr . ; * Venezia , moderate ; * Caffè Centrale ), capital of the district, or Delegation ', consisting of two distinct quarters, the new town ( Borgo S . Leonardo) and the old town ( Città ), is an important commercial place with 35 , 197 inhab. , celebrated for its great Fair, the Fiera di S. Alessandro, held annually from the middle of August to the middle of September. The New Town , containing the Fiera , or site of the fair, the corsia , and the new town- hall (municipalità ), is situated on level ground . The old town on the hill, connected with the lower town by means of the Strada Vittorio Emanuele , and consisting principally of very steep streets , is the seat of the government-offices and courts of judicature. The Promenade affords a fine view of the richly cultivated plain and the beautiful amphitheatre formed by the  surrounding mountains, especially those to the N . E .  The Castle , rising on the hill to the N . W . above the old town, commands a more imposing and extensive prospect. In the market-place , now the Piazza Guribaldi, is situated the Palazzo Nuovo, seat of the municipal authorities, erected in the Renaissance style by Scamozzi, but still in an unfinished condition . Opposite to it is the library in the Gothic Palazzo Vecchio , or Broletto , the ground - floor of which consists of a hall supported by pillars and columns. Here stands the Monument of Torquato Tasso , whose father Bernardo was born at Bergamo in 1493 ; near it a handsome fountain . At the back of the Broletto is situated S . Maria Maggiore, erected 1173 in the Romanesque style ( entrance on the S . side), with ancient portals , supported by lions, on the N . and S . sides. Adjoining the former is the rich Renaissance façade of the chapel of the Colleoni. The interior contains some ancient pictures , fine * carved work on the choir stalls, admirable inlaid wood (intarsia ) by the Bergamasque Giov . Franc. Capo Ferrato , the handsome monument of the celebrated composer Donizetti of Bergamo ( d . 1848) , by Vinc. Vela , and opposite to it that of his teacher Simone Mayr (d . 1845 ) . The * Cappella Colleoni, in the early Renaissance style , contains the monument of the founder Bart . Colleoni ( d . 1475 ) , with reliefs representing the Bearing of the Cross , Crucifixion, and Descent from the Cross ; above them is the gilded equestrian statue of Colleoni. Adjacent is the much smaller, but beautifully executed monument of his daughter Medea. - S . Grata , adjacent to a nunnery , contains fine paintings and reliefs. On the slope of the hill, in the street leading to the lower town , is situated the Accademia Carrara, a school of art containing models and pictures ; in the small cabinet Pius VII ., by Canova.