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In accordance with Loverese tradition this quarter took its name from a giant cherry tree which once grew here (“cherry” is called “ceresa” or “cerasa” in the Bergamasco dialect).

The quarter extended between Botazuolo quarter and the town square. It was full of workshops where spice traders, barbers, tailors and carpenters worked. Among them Capoferri’s from Solto carpentry workshop (“marangone”). Indeed, at the beginning of the 16th century the young and talented wood-inlay Giovanni Francesco Capoferri created the inlays for the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo on drawings by Lorenzo Lotto.

De Bertolais’, Suardis de Bergamo’s, Soardis da Bianzano’s, Capoferri’s from Solto, Marchesi’s, Turesendis de Albino’s, Marcelinis’, del Pomo’s and Molta’s (one of the branches of the Celeris) houses were located in this quarter.

SANCTUARY OF LOVERE SAINTS
TOWER CALLED OF THE ALGHISIS
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
ST.JOHN'S SANCTUARY

SANCTUARY OF LOVERE SAINTS
The sanctuary is dedicated to Christ, King of the Virgins, and it was consecrated by the bishop of Brescia in 1938. It was built in honour of the Loverese Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa, who were canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. The mosaics and symbols along the porticoed entrance stairs represent the Beatitudes and the Works of Mercy in harmony with the charitable aims of the Congregation “Sisters of Charity” (nowadays known as “Sisters of Holy Child Mary”), which was founded in Lovere by the two saints in 1832. The Congregation spread over many countries not only in Europe, but also in Asia, America and Africa.

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THE TOWER OF THE ALGHISIS
It’s a tower dating back to the XIII century which is also called, according to the Statute of Lovere of 1650, the tower of the family of the Suoli. In other historical documents it is mentioned as the tower of the family of the Buosi, which probably meant of the family of the Bosio. No historical reference to the family of the Alghisi in relation to this tower located in via Matteotti has yet been found.

ST. GEORGE’ S CHURCH
Lovere provostal church was built at the end of the 14th century over the previous medieval tower Soca. It houses a magnificent painting placed on the inner by the Flemish painter Jean de Herdt (1657). The altar-piece of the left altar painted by G. Paolo Cavagna (1556-1627) and the altar-piece of the high altar attributed to Jacopo Palma il Giovane (1544-1628) deserve special mention.

ST. JOHN’S SANCTUARY ON MOUNT CALA
St. John’s Sanctuary on mount Cala was built at the end of the 14th century probably on the remains of a Medieval fortress belonging to the noble Celery family. The church underwent a radical transformation in 1606 and has remained the same since then.
Featuring a semi-circular window facing towards the west in the upper part of the façade, the front of the Sanctuary has a fully-enclosed porch except for the arched main door with an iron gate.
Inside the church, the nave has four side altars in marble dedicated to St. Rocco, St. Carlo, St. Fermo and the Virgin of Hope. The altarpiece behind the main altar is a valuable work of art by Antonio Cifrondi from Clusone (17th century).