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New carpark blessed and open for business

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As we wrote about at the start of March of this year – A new carpark was finally ready to opened to the public this morning in Barga Giardino. The new carpark will serve mainly the area around the Tennis Club but will also be close enough for cars in Barga Gardino to make use of the additional 40 spaces now available. Un nuovo parcheggio con 40 posti nella zona dei campi da tennis a Barga per alleggerire dalla sosta [...]

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04/27/2009 3:33 pm

What a difference a week can make.

What a difference a week can make. After eight days in Barga, I have finally begun to settle down. I was unaware of how fast I was moving when I first arrived last week and only now can I see the change in myself. At first, the days seemed to fly by with only enough time to quickly glance at all...

04/25/2009 3:24 pm

25th April – Liberation Day

The 25th April is the day that Italy commemorates the liberation of the country by Allied troops in the Second World War. The holiday is meant to honour all those who died during the war, from soldiers fighting overseas to civilian victims of Allied bombings and atrocities committed during Nazi Germany’s...

04/24/2009 1:07 pm

Palazzo Angelio – work starts

As we mentioned in an article last month (here) probably the finest example of Florentine renaissance architecture in Barga, the Palazzo Angelio in Barga Vecchia was finally getting some renovations to its world weary and damaged façade which for many years had be reduced to a kind of “peek a...

04/23/2009 4:05 pm

Cat rescued after a week in the lift shaft

Not the kind of headlines that you would normally expect from barganews. After all, just how many lift shafts are there to be found in Barga to get lost in ? What is more, how many lift shafts are there in the medieval buildings in Barga Vecchia? As it turns out, when the restoration work was done on...

04/16/2009 6:43 pm

The apple tree could still survive?

Sometimes it is nice to be proven wrong. This is one of those times. It was only last month that I wrote an article bemoaning the fact that nobody was going to mourn for the loss of a single apple tree (article here) How wrong I was. I was convinced then that nobody had even noticed the apple tree or...

04/11/2009 4:01 pm

Scacciaguai restaurant expands

As Barga regenerates, renovates and moves further into the 21st century some changes to the structure and fabric of the city bring out different reactions from different people. Some like the changes and applaud them when they happen, others dislike the “new” and think that they should not...

04/10/2009 1:21 am

Beard gone, so Easter must have arrived

The award winning barganews photographer O’Connor has (at least) two faces. The summer face as he rushes around Barga with his trusty Canon camera slung across his shoulder and the more hairy version when he habitually grows a beard from Halloween through the winter to the following Easter. The...

04/09/2009 12:52 am

It's the simple tricks that work best

It’s the calm before the storm. The city is getting ready for the Easter holidays and the start of the visitors season but for the moment, the piazzas belong to the residents of Barga. It’s their living room and playground. It’s time to play. An oldie but a goldie. Quite often its...

03/21/2009 9:27 pm

Swedish business delegation in Barga

The continuing story of the twinning of Barga with Gallivare in Sweden took one more step further this week with the arrival in the city of a delegation of businessman and women from the Gallivare area. They included the CEO’s of Trade and Industry companies, Boliden mining, banks, promotion and...

03/20/2009 4:00 pm

Lo Scaldino – the master copper worker

In one of the rooms of the public library in Barga Vecchia there is a permanent collection of the works of the artisan and artist Vincenzo Gonnella (1901 – 1988), who was an expert in metal relief which he used to fashion vases, plates, vessels, trays and coins. (more…)

03/19/2009 12:48 am

Palazzo Angelio finally ready to be repainted ?

Probably the finest example of Florentine renaissance architecture in Barga, the Palazzo Angelio in Barga Vecchia could (maybe) be finally getting some renovations to its world weary and damaged façade which for many years had be reduced to a kind of “peek a boo, now you see me, now you don’t”...

03/17/2009 2:51 pm

The Scottish connection revisited

An interesting blog appeared on the net this week from Craig Murray in Scotland . Craig Murray is a Scottish dissident, human rights activist, writer, and former British Ambassador. He is also the currently Rector of the University of Dundee and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Lancaster...

03/16/2009 2:13 am

DVD – "The Barga Connection" presentation

Back in September 2008 we published an article entitled “Triumphant Scottish Concert” – It can be seen here. It was the final concert here in Barga organised by the Hamish Moore, the Dunkeld pipemaker and piper who has been Barga’s musician-in-residence since the beginning of that...

03/15/2009 12:04 am

Politicians and Unions united against KME job losses

With the recent news that 130 jobs are at risk in the KME foundry at Fornaci di Barga, the political forces in the area started their campaign to safeguard these and other possible job losses in the future. The council in Barga held an outdoor council meeting in the main piazza in Fornaci to make their...

03/13/2009 2:18 am

Rinaldo Mazzanti fragments on show

As part of the traditional monthly market in Barga Vecchia, an exhibition on the steps leading up the Teatro dei Differenti caused many people to stop and browse. A new artist to the Barga cultural scene, Rinaldo Mazzanti from nearby Gallicano was exhibiting his work for the first time in Barga. (more…)

03/11/2009 12:18 am

Nobody is going to mourn for an apple tree

It is somewhat ironic that the very same day we published a comment (article here) bemoaning the ever increasing encroachment of the car parks in Barga ( although with today’s news of the very strong possibility of 130 redundancies at the foundry in Fornaci – making tourism probably more...

03/09/2009 5:50 pm

Un nuovo parcheggio con 40 posti

A new carpark for 40 cars is having the finishing touches put to it this week in Barga Giardino. Un nuovo parcheggio con 40 posti nella zona dei campi da tennis a Barga per alleggerire dalla sosta delle auto Via del Giardino e Largo Roma. Ma anche per tutto il centro di Barga. (more…)

03/03/2009 12:48 am

Could it be Spring on the way ?

Maybe it’s a bit too soon as it is still only the first week in March, but there is a good chance that the worst of the winter is now over. There is a definite feeling in the air that the spring is on the way. We sent the barganews award-winning photographer O’Connor out and about in the...

03/01/2009 1:02 am

Pentolaccia

The pentolaccia festa was in full swing in Barga Vecchia this afternoon, once again supremely organised by the Lake Angels. Music, games, balloons, streamers, masks, costumes, (the ubiquitous spray cans of foam) and of course – the Pentolacci. This year there were 4 Pentolacci hanging from...