The Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo was designed by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo for Bartolomeo Colleoni as his own mausoleum, with Alessio Agliardi initially supervising construction. The text says it was built from 1470 to 1476, with the start disputed between 1470 and 1472. The infobox gives groundbreaking in 1472 and consecration in 1455, which the text never mentions.
The style is Lombard Renaissance, with medieval roots and later Baroque and Mannerist additions. The facade is polychrome marble in white, red and black lozenges. The gilded wooden equestrian statue was finished in 1501, and a wrought iron and bronze gate dates from 1912. Giambattista Tiepolo painted frescoes in 1732 and 1733.
Medea Colleoni's tomb moved from Urgnano in 1842. A 1969 excavation identified Colleoni's remains in the lower sarcophagus, and the lunettes were restored in 1996. The article gives no dimensions or hours.
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