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| | The Historic Villas of Bergamo |
 | | The noble families who built, decorated, and redecorated these places were not among Italy's most famous (and famously wealthy) families; their funds often ran short of their ambitions. |
 | | Palazzo Moroni's decoration includes a series of allegorical paintings illustrating the virtues a noble family should have, as dictated by a local bishop: antiquity, riches, dignity, valor, knowledge, nobility of blood and heart, sanctity, courage, and luck. |
 | | The Moroni family crest features the mulberry tree, because the family had made its money (and consequently been raised to nobility) growing silkworms for the Italian silk industry. |
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