L'Eco di Bergamo was established by the Sesa company in 1880.

[1] SESAAB also publishes four editions of La Provincia newspaper, namely those of Como, Lecco, Sondrio and Varese.

[5] L'Eco di Bergamo has a Catholic-oriented leaning.

[6][7][8] An Italian priest Andrea Spada served as the editor-in-chief of the paper for 51 years.

[6] At the end of the 1990s L'Eco di Bergamo sold 68,000 copies.