Malpaga Castle
★★★☆☆
An early medieval castle had been in ruins after a raid in the 1440s. In 1456, the condottiero (medieval leader of a professional military free company) and nobleman Bartolomeo Colleoni acquired the ruined castle from the commune of Bergamo.
He enlarged and enriched it not only as a military base for his troops, but also as a seigneurial residence, in the typical Italian Renaissance fashion. The castles main features are the interior rooms frescoed by the Renaissance painter Il Romanino.
He enlarged and enriched it not only as a military base for his troops, but also as a seigneurial residence, in the typical Italian Renaissance fashion. The castles main features are the interior rooms frescoed by the Renaissance painter Il Romanino.