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Scottish wedding on the terrrace of Palazzo Pancrazi

259 days ago

The third week in May, bright sunshine, swallows diving around the terracotta tiles roofs of Barga Vecchia and even a slight breeze, every now and again, just to cool things down slightly. In the distance, La Pania and the mountains which beckon and reminded us that the Mediterranean Sea is just on the other side. What could be a better location for a wedding than the terrace of the centuries-old Palazzo Pancrazi in Barga Vecchia? Michael Clark and Megan O’Donnell [...]

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05/21/2011 3:21 pm

2nd National Celtic Supporters Club meeting in Barga

They came into the city from Udine and Rome and this time they were not met by the DIGOS – the secret police who last year had heard that football supporters were converging on Barga and so turned up first to check just what was going on – this weekend the 2nd National Celtic Supporters Club...

05/17/2011 3:47 pm

A Glasgow inaugurato l’Italian Cloister Garden

Il Vescovo Conti durante la benedizione del monumento Con la presenza del primo ministro scozzese Alex Salmond, che ha dato un significato importante all’evento con la sua partecipazione, è stato inaugurato ieri a Glasgow, presso la cattedrale di St. Andrews, l’Italian Cloister Garden, il giardino...

05/17/2011 2:13 am

Italian Cloister Garden opens in Glasgow, Scotland

A memorial garden featuring the largest monument dedicated to victims who died aboard a cruise liner which sunk in 1940 was officially opened this afternoon in Glasgow, Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond joined the Archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti to open the Italian Cloister Garden next to St...

05/15/2011 4:12 pm

New York Tartan week – Paolo Nutini and Michael Lemetti

The Barga – Scottish connection is well known but this morning came news of yet another in the long list of links between the two cultures. Once again it was the designer, Mike Lemetti making headlines in some of the UK newspapers with another of his designer tartans. Mike, whose mother Emilia...

05/13/2011 3:57 pm

Continua il gemellaggio con le scuole di East Lothian

È stata ricevuta questa mattina in comune la terza delegazione di studenti scozzesi arrivati a Barga per uno scambio culturale dopo i ragazzi della St. Gabriel primary School di Prestonpans gemellati con la scuola primaria di Filecchio e gli allievi della Longniddry che hanno passato un po’ di tempo...

05/13/2011 1:49 pm

First Minister to attend cathedral cloister garden opening

Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow will be joined by First Minister Alex Salmond for the opening of the Italian Cloister Garden, next to the city’s newly re-opened St Andrew’s Cathedral, on Monday Also present at the event will be Alain Economides, the Italian Ambassador to the UK, the Lady Provost...

05/09/2011 10:08 am

Si consolida il gemellaggio tra Barga e East Lothian. Stasera il concerto delle scuole.

Quello che si respira a Barga è un maggio all’insegna della Scozia. Ciò avviene grazie agli scambi culturali che avvengono proprio in questo periodo fra la Longniddry Primary School e l’Istituto Comprensivo di Barga sotto il patrocinio del Comune di Barga. L’iniziativa che porterà...

04/29/2011 1:55 pm

Chance meeting on the beach in Scotland

A chance meeting on a beach in Scotland, once again shows just how small is this world as Paolo Marroni from Barga was walking along the Portobello in Edinburgh with his son Gianmarco and girlfriend, Jaqueline and he thought he saw a figure which he recognised… upon going closer it turns out to...

04/15/2011 5:13 pm

Barghigiani in visita alla St. Andrew Cathedral in Glasgow

Un gruppo di dodici persone, fra cui anche il proposto di Barga don Stefano Serafini e don Salvatore, sono partiti da Barga per la Scozia, su invito dell’Arcivescovo di Glasgow Mario Conti, in occasione della riapertura, dopo un periodo di restauro, della Cattedrale di St. Andrew a Glasgow. Le celebrazioni...

04/13/2011 7:00 am

Barga appears in April Easyjet inflight magazine

The April edition of the Easyjet inflight magazine carries an article about the Scottish connection in Barga. The article, written by Sarah Lane starts by saying that, “at first glance, Barga looks like any other pretty medieval Tuscan hill town. It’s got it all: the white-stone cathedral,...

03/08/2011 9:10 am

Piccolo Mondo – Tony and Giuliana Pierotti – UK restaurant prize

A FAMILY-run Italian restaurant in Glasgow has been named among a host of Michelin starred eateries as one of the best in Britain in a poll which saw Scotland claim three of the top 10 places. Piccolo Mondo, on Argyle Street, in Glasgow, was second only to Restaurant Martin Wishart in Leith in the...

02/20/2011 12:34 pm

Celtic – Rangers at Bar Paolo Gas

Celtic v Rangers at Bar Paolo Gas for the Barga Celtic Supporters Club with images streaming live via Channel 67. It sometimes seems impossible that the intensity of Old Firm* matches can increase with each passing one. As this Scottish campaign enters its final and crucial phase, however, the heat surrounding...

01/02/2011 7:59 am

Hamish Moore – Aspettare e Sperare !

Barganews is and has been such a life force, an integral and intimate part of Barga, that since hearing the news of it’s imminent changes I have had to remind myself that Barga will still actually continue to be there after the metamorphosis, whatever form this will take. Through Barganews, the visionary...

11/24/2010 12:31 pm

Contemporary photographer reaps his rewards

University of Cumbria student Hamish Scott-Brown has recently completed his postgraduate studies in photography and received his award at the graduation ceremony in Carlisle Cathedral this week. But it was only the latest in a string of achievements and accolades for this outstanding contemporary photographer. In...

11/24/2010 1:04 am

Barga Night in Ardrossan Scotland

This week the second annual “Barga Night” was held at Aldo Cecchini’s restaurant in Ardrossan in Scotland. From Aldo’s website we can read that the Cecchini family hails from Barga in Tuscany and there in the relaxed old towns and vineyards they helped perfect those Tuscan dishes...

10/14/2010 12:00 am

Swiss couple searching for Barga tartan

A chance meeting in Barga this morning very quickly developed into an almost official visit and could even result in more contact between Switzerland and Barga. Two residents of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland were walking round the city with a leaflet in their hand showing the unmistakable...

09/18/2010 12:34 am

Scottish wedding in Barga

The dark clouds and threatening rain could not dampen the spirits of Cameron Drever and Hollie Armitage from Edinburgh who were married this afternoon in Palazzo Pancrazi. The couple were here in Barga thanks to the recommendations of Mauro Cecchini – who’s family were originally from Barga but...

09/17/2010 7:50 pm

Mike Lemetti tartan worn by the Pope

08/26/2010 3:45 pm

Porcini mushrooms in Scotland

The fabulous and fabled porcini mushrooms are still being brought down from the mountains surrounding Barga and carried each evening triumphantly into the city to be put in front of the waiting customers sitting expectantly, forks in hand, in the restaurants. In fact it has become almost a spectator...