Walking along Via Colleoni in upper Bergamo, you will encounter at one point a side alley called “Sant’Agata.”
This is where the original church of the same name stood, in the building that now houses “Il circolino,” a well-known meeting and refreshment spot for the people of Bergamo.
With the deconsecration of this church by Napoleon in the 19th century, the nearby church S. Maria Annunciata belonging to the Carmelite convent took the name Sant’Agata nel Carmine, by which it has come down to us.
The Carmelite monastery, active since 1391, was also closed at the end of the eighteenth century.
The church of St. Agatha has a single nave, with five chapels on each side: among them, the most important and impressive is the Chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which houses a fine Baroque altar by the famous architect Filippo Juvarra.