The secret of the duomo bells revealed

A question which is asked by many visitors to Barga and to which , for some reason, the reply is almost always never given in full has finally been answered here on barganews.

For those of us who live here in Barga Vecchia we have the chimes of the Duomo to keep us company and tell us the time of day. Hourly they ring out over the castle but there is a kind of code to the ringing.

It is not simply one ring = one o clock, two rings = two o clock ... no, no, nothing so simple. Once you know it becomes a simple thing to work out but until you are given a "key" it is difficult to get to grips with.

People smile when asked and sometimes if they are feeling generous they might even hand out a clue of "think of ships bells" but otherwise it is not really talked about. Want to find out ? Click here