Cavernago is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Bergamo

Province of Bergamo

The Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,098,740 , an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni...

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region of Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, located about 50 km northeast of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 and about 11 km southeast of Bergamo

Bergamo

Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

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Cavernago borders the following municipalities: Calcinate

Calcinate

Calcinate is a town and comune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. Its economy is mostly based on industry.-History:...

, Ghisalba

Ghisalba

Ghisalba is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km southeast of Bergamo...

, Grassobbio

Grassobbio

Grassobbio is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 7 km southeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,811 and an area of 8.2 km².Grassobbio borders the following...

, Seriate

Seriate

Seriate is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km southeast of Bergamo...

, Urgnano

Urgnano

Urgnano is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km south of Bergamo...

, Zanica

Zanica

Zanica is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km south of Bergamo...

. It is home to the Malpaga Castle

Malpaga Castle

The Malpaga Castle is a castle in the communal territory of Cavernago, a village in the province of Bergamo, northern Italy.Its main feature are the Renaissance frescoes by Il Romanino, in the interiors.-History:...

, a Renaissance fortress owned by the ondottiero] and local lord Bartolomeo Colleoni

Bartolomeo Colleoni

Bartolomeo Colleoni was a Venetian condottiero, who became Captain-General of the republic of Venice, where there is a famous statue showing him on horseback.-Biography:...

. Another castle, that of Cavernago proper, was later remade in the 17th century in Baroque style.