Oltrepassando le barriere dello spazio e del tempo: l’ex monastero-prigione di Sant’Agata a Bergamo.

The monumental S. Agata, in the high city of Bergamo, is the result of several rewritings. Between the 17th-18th centuries, the former Teatin monastery and church were converted into a prison which lasted till 1977, when the building was designated as public and medica! offices. The open space and the church were later dedicated to recreational activities. The rest, the prison, is still off limits and nearly unexplored. The paper discusses a functional rearrangement which does not elude this complexity.