Accademia_Carrara_di_Belle_Arti_di_Bergamo
Accademia Carrara
Art gallery and fine arts school in Bergamo, Italy
The Accademia Carrara, (Italian pronunciation: [karˈraːra]), officially Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo, is an art gallery and an academy of fine arts in Bergamo, in Lombardy in northern Italy. The art gallery was established in about 1780 by Giacomo Carrara , a Bergamasco collector or conoscitore of the arts.[1] The academy of fine arts was added to it in 1794.[2]: 293 The school was recognised by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, in 1988[2]: 293 [3] and in 2023 merged with the Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti to form the Politecnico delle Arti di Bergamo.[4]