Concerto di Musica Sacra
alla SS. Annunziata a Barga.
Organizzato da Arciconfraternita di Misericordia di Barga, a favore del restauro dell’Oratorio. Soprano Mariká van der Meer | Mezzo Soprano Roberta Popolani | Tenore Roberto Brugioni | Organo Roberto Barsanti
Camminata con i Re Magi in Barga 2020
In Barga this afternoon, the annual procession through Barga Vecchia to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany – 6th January. In Western Christianity, the feast commemorates principally (but not solely) the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child. The magi represented the non-Jewish peoples of the world, so this was considered a “revelation to […]
L’ora di Barga – Dicembre 2019 Nº 537
Dal Messaggio per la 53 a Giornata Mondiale della Pace del 1° gennaio 2020 “La Pace come cammino di speranza: dialogo, riconciliazione e conversione ecologica” La speranza ci mette in cammino sulla via della pace mentre la sfiducia e la paura aumentano “la fragilità dei rapporti e il rischio di violenza”. Da qui il richiamo […]
Presepe Vivente 2019 – the arrival of the Madonna
Eventually they make their way up to the Duomo where in a stable, miracle of miracles, a live baby appears in the arms of Mary followed moments later by the arrival of three Kings arriving bearing gifts just as a rocket is fired up into the night sky.
The gradually evolving form of the event goes under the blanket description of “tradition” and is therefore a difficult animal to pin down but once again for the 38th time, the annual event in Barga took place in Barga this evening The Presepe Vivente is one of those traditional events which happen in Barga once […]
Madonna della Neve – the Alpini celebrate
with temperatures hovering round the 30 degree mark, the chapel is dedicated to the Madonna della Neve, The Madonna of the Snow, the irony of which was not lost by those suffering in the heat.
The Alpini were out in force this afternoon at the SS.Madonna della Neve, the Chiesina degli Alpini at Palmente on the road to Loppia just outside Barga. The chiesina used to be a sorry ruin but was restored more than a decade ago and since then has now being used once again by the community. […]
Corpus Domini procession – flowers on the road
Petals are arranged in patterns, quite often featuring hearts, on the streets the procession will pass through on its way up to the Duomo.
Every year, sixty days after Easter, the Church celebrates “Corpus Domini”: a religious solemnity in honour of the Eucharist (the ‘body’ – corpus – of Christ in the sacramental sign of bread): an observance that first developed in Italy during the thirteenth century and in 1263 was extended by Pope Urban IV to all of […]
Venerdi Santo – La Via della Croce
The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis
The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The stations grew out of imitations of Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem which is believed to […]
Via Crucis in Barga Vecchia
The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis
La Via Crucis (dal latino, Via della Croce – anche detta Via Dolorosa) è un rito della Chiesa cattolica con cui si ricostruisce e commemora il percorso doloroso di Cristo che si avvia alla crocifissione sul Golgota. L’itinerario spirituale della Via Crucis è stato in tempi recenti completato con l’introduzione della Via Lucis — che […]
Presepe Vivente 2018 – the arrival of the Madonna
Eventually they make their way up to the Duomo where in a stable, miracle of miracles, a live baby appears in the arms of Mary followed moments later by the arrival of three Kings arriving bearing gifts just as a rocket is fired up into the night sky.
The gradually evolving form of the event goes under the blanket description of “tradition” and is therefore a difficult animal to pin down but once again for the 38th time, the annual event in Barga took place in Barga this evening The Presepe Vivente is one of those traditional events which happen in Barga once […]
Bell ringers – Doppio dell’Immacolata
Il primato spetta alla "Maria", la campana piccola del 1580, che suonerà il suo 436° doppio. Seguono staccate le altre 2 campane, la "Concetta" chiamata così in onore dell'Immacolata Concezione e la "S. Cristoforo", Patrono di Barga.
The traditional religious festival of the Immaculate Conception, held every year on the eighth of December would not be complete in Barga without the sound of the bells in the Duomo ringing out over the city for one solid hour the night before on the 7th December – the so called “Doppio dell’Immacolata” and tonight […]
Procession Santa Maria 2018
the last time the image of Madonna was carried through the streets was in 2008
It is a procession which only happens every 10 years but this evening not even the approaching rain clouds and an official warning of bad weather issued by the Tuscan authorities managed to slow the procession from the Chiesa di Santa Maria alla Fornacetta as they walked around the medieval streets of Barga carrying the image […]
