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01/20/2012 12:04 pm

Morando Stefani, l’Operaio del Duomo

13 Febbraio 2012: 50 anni dalla morte del comm. Morando Stefani Barga, nell’ormai lontano anno 1986, volle tributare un significativo ricordo alla memoria del mai dimenticato proposto di Barga Mons. Lino Lombardi (Ponsacco 1886 – Barga 1965) nell’occasione del suo centenario della nascita....

11/24/2011 1:02 am

An original Barga image on an iphone case

An image featuring the Duomo in Barga , the original building dates back more than 1000 years, has just been produced on an object which is decidedly of much more modern times. We are talking about the masterpiece of digital engineer left behind by Steve Jobs – the iphone. An artist living in New...

11/07/2011 11:31 am

The Duomo bells silenced for maintenance

Twelve months ago around about this time of the season, things looked and sounded very different for the Campanari – the bell ringers of Barga, as they were organising a series of meetings up in the bell tower of the Duomo with other local bell ringers from Cardoso, Chiozza, Ghivizzano, Corsagna,...

11/02/2011 10:41 am

In Scozia presentato il libro sul Duomo

Così come avevamo annunciato su questo sito, con l’ottima organizzazione della Lucchesia Viaggi di Barga, l’Associazione Polisportiva Valdilago di Barga e il Comune di Barga si sono recati dal 26 al 29 ottobre 2011 a Irvine in Scozia per la presentazione della pubblicazione in inglese del libro...

10/17/2011 4:27 pm

Il libro sul Duomo di Barga approda in Scozia

L’Associazione Polisportiva Valdilago Barga e il Comune di Barga da mercoledì 26 sino al 29 ottobre saranno assieme in Scozia, precisamente ad Irvine, per la presentazione del libro tradotto in inglese “Il Duomo di Barga, storia, arte e spiritualità nei primi tre secoli dopo il Mille”, “The...

10/14/2011 6:05 pm

Una nuova traccia dei Templari in Duomo

Pochi giorni orsono sono salito al Duomo per fare delle foto ad un particolare dell’altare centrale per rispondere ad un quesito postomi dallo studioso Osvaldo Carigi, molto interessato al nostro Duomo e ai suoi misteri, sui quali sta approntando un articolo per Fenix, rivista specializzata in enigmi...

10/11/2011 1:47 am

Concert in Duomo – Coro da camera di Lubecca

A superb (if sparsely attended) concert in the Duomo this evening from the choir from Lubecca, Germany who included Barga on their two week Italian tour which takes in Montecarlo, Lucca and Assisi. Their conductor Andreas Krohn spent a holiday in this area in the past and after visiting the Duomo decided...

08/24/2011 6:10 pm

Per il maestro dei campanari un doppio speciale

Coppia inossidabile quella che sabato 20 agosto ha festeggiato ben 65 anni di matrimonio, si tratta infatti del veterano e maestro dei campanari Giovanni Nesi e della moglie Gina Baregi, residenti in località Lato a Barga. I festeggiamenti sono iniziati con il doppio suonato dai campanari mentre la...

06/19/2011 12:53 am

Presentation -the story of the Duomo in English and Italian

Under somewhat trying conditions, with high winds and occasional gusts of rain making life a little difficult, never the less, an interested audience stuck it out and listened to the presentation of the book – The Cathedral of Barga – English edition outside the Hotel Villa Moorings in Barga...

06/17/2011 12:55 pm

Presentation of book on the story of the Duomo

“Il Duomo di Barga – Storia, arte e spiritualità nei primi tre secoli dopo il Mille” – “The cathedral of Barga – History, Art and Spirituality in the three centuries after the year 1000” Presentazione edizione in italiano a cura del prof. Stefano Borsi –...

04/23/2011 11:23 pm

Easter celebrations start in Barga

The sound of the ancient bells in the Duomo in Barga Vecchia rang out over the city this evening as the Easter celebrations started in earnest thanks to the hard work and dedication of the Campanari of Barga who for many years been practising their art here in Barga. They can quite rightly throw out...

04/23/2011 8:58 am

Il libro sul Duomo verrà tradotto in inglese

Continua il successo del libro “Il Duomo di Barga tra arte, storia e spiritualità” realizzato dalla Polisportiva Valdilago di Barga dopo la conferenza che si tenne nella passata estate a Villa Mooring e edito nel 2010 dalla Bandecchi e Vivaldi di Pontedera. Infatti è sulla via d’arrivo la pubblicazione...

01/01/2011 2:59 am

New Year celebrations in Barga

The clock on the Duomo above Barga Vecchia strikes midnight and the celebrations start in earnest for the coming of the new year. Some the revellers had come well prepared with bottles of sparkling wine, spumante and even the odd bottle of champagne spotted this evening but the stars of the show were...

07/06/2010 2:19 pm

Decoding the Duomo at Villa Moorings

On a balmy summer evening at poolside, the Villa Moorings played host Monday to the brain trust of Garfagnana history before an overflow audience. The subject was the imposing Duomo di Barga, a monument that has few peers in its distinctive architecture – and more intriguingly, in the array of mysteries...

06/26/2010 3:28 pm

The Duomo, Barga

Thunder and lightening by the hour and sometimes the whole night, pouring rain and a chill in the air have beset us for long enough and at last it is looking a little lighter and brighter. I drove up the Serchio valley to Barga this week, the river swollen and brown instead of its usual beautiful...

05/18/2010 12:14 am

From Scotland to Barga- Beyond the Ash

Two weeks previous to our planned visit to Tuscany the ‘travelling section’ of the Prestonpans art group breathed a collective sigh of relief. The drama and the dust from the Icelandic volcano had receded, and we resumed our rummaging; in lofts, in dark cupboards and under the stairs, for suitcases...

05/17/2010 1:20 pm

l'architrave restaurato del Biduino

During 2009 there were a team of experts working on the outside of the Duomo attempting to reverse some of the damage that the passing centuries had inflicted on the light coloured stone. Actually they had also been working on damage inflicted not just by the passing of time but also the passage of men...

01/02/2010 11:44 pm

The Bells of Barga – essential maintenance

Essential maintenance work was carried out this morning on one of the bells in the Duomo in Barga Vecchia. The largest of the three bells was becoming more and more difficult to swing and so technicians from the Gruppo Campanari of Barga – the bell ringers of Barga decided that the time was right...

11/05/2009 5:03 pm

Renovations on the Duomo

For the past couple of months there has been a team of experts working on the outside of the Duomo attempting to reverse some of the damage that the passing centuries has inflicted on the light coloured stone. Actually they have also been working on damage inflicted not just by the passing of time but...

06/04/2009 9:54 pm

The Duomo Clock is back up and running again

Recently the clock in the Duomo that chimes out over the city on the hour and every quarter hour has been running into problems. Age has been catching up with the mechanism. It is after all, over 60 years old and starting to show its age. If it was not for the constant resetting, adjusting and oiling...