Colleoni Castle in Solza ---

Tradition has it that when Bartolomeo Colleoni left the castle of Solza, where he was born, he was between 14 and 15 years old. Barely more than a boy even by the standards of those times, and nothing suggested he was destined to become one of the most renowned condottieri of the 15th century. And the castle itself today appears modest in its unpretentious 14th-century layout. Yet it is worth traveling to the small village of Solza, not far from the Adda river, to begin a journey through the places and history to discover the castles that dot the Bergamo plain. On this border land, two great powers long opposed each other: the Duchy of Milan and the Republic of Venice.