In the 16th century, a "bird's eye" representation of the city of bergamo was created, subsequently updated to the situation of the city's buildings in the mid-17th century, perhaps by the hand of alvise cima (1643-1710), author of several copies dated 1693. Alvise cima (1643 - 1710), painter, cartographer and decorator who lived in bergamo, who was responsible for the serial reproduction of one of the oldest and best preserved bird's eye views of our city. The view is based on and was constructed through the patient and methodical survey of the buildings, now partly disappeared due to demolitions and subsequent reconstructions, carried out with the modest means available at the time (in the absence of survey systems from above the city, the drawing arises from an analysis and careful reading of the territory by the surveyor and cartographer who travels on foot and measures the ancient city). The perspective view "photographs" the city in its medieval layout, then upset by the venetian fortifications built at the end of the 16th century, representing in a dynamic and non-static way the urban evolution between the 16th and 18th centuries: the heart of the city was an upper city, perched on the hill, with the offshoots of the old villages which, descending from the hill, marked the routes of the old roads coming from different directions (milan, brescia, etc. ). [1]; interactive map: [2]. Date: 1693.
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