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The Caffé del Tasso is situated in Piazza Vecchia, in the old high town of Bergamo, one of the most beautiful squares in the world. It is surrounded by splendid historic civic monuments of notable artistic importance, such as the Palazzo della Ragione (old court house), the Duomo, the Basilica of S. Maria maggiore, the very famous Cappella Colleoni (Colleoni chapel) and the Palazzo nuovo (new Palace).
It is certainly one of the oldest surviving “historic” establishments that Bergamo’s history has recorded, both in the “low” town and in the “high” town, which is still defended and surrounded by the Venetian walls. The “Tasso” opened in 1476 with the name “Locanda delle due spade” (Two swords inn), and in 1581 took its current name from the name of the prominent Bergamask family and the statue, in front of the café, dedicated to their most famous literary son: Torquato