• ASSOCIATION Pro Loco, piazza Angelio 0583 72 34 99 HOSPITAL S. FRANCESCO, Via San Francesco
  for obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics only : 0583 72 90
• FIRST AID 118
• AMBULANCE SERVICE, Largo Roma 0583 72 33 55
  RETIREMENT HOME "G. PASCOLI", Via Roma, 32
  0583 71 11 76 / 72 45 12
• NATIONAL POLICE STATION, Via Roma 0583 71 12 08
• METROPOLITAN POLICE STATION, Via Roma 0583 72 33 52
• FORESTRY SERVICE, Via Roma 0583 72 36 40
• TOWN HALL, Via di Mezzo, 49: Switchboard 0583 72 47 1
  Emergencies 0583 72 47 77
  Fax 0583 72 37 45
• CIVIL DEFENSE, Piazza Garibaldi 0583 72 47 74
• CIVIC MUSEUM, Piazzale dell'Aringo 0583 71 11 00
• PUBLIC LIBRARY, Via Giannetti, 0583 72 47 55
• TAX OFFICE, Piazza Angelio 0583 72 30 46
• POST OFFICE, Piazza G. Pascoli 0583 72 32 02
• PRESBYTERY, Piazza Beato Michele 0583 72 30 31
  GIORNALE DI BARGA, Via di Borgo, 2 0583 72 30 03
• PHARMACY Dr. CHIAPPA, Via G. Pascoli, 22 0583 72 31 02
  PHARMACY Dr. SIMONINI, Via G. Marconi, 18 0583 72 30 96
• BANKS: DEUTSCHE BANK, Via G. Pascoli, 23 / 25 0583 72 41 33
  
• BANCA POPOLARE DI BRESCIA ,Viale Cesare Biondi, 2
  0583 71 01 41
  
• BANCA TOSCANA, Via Roma, 4 0583 72 30 05
• CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI FIRENZE, Via G. Pascoli, 36/38
  0583 72 30 27
• MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA, Via G. Pascoli, 28 0583 72 30 93
• TRAVEL AGENTS: "CIOCCO TRAVEL", Via G. Pascoli
  0583 72 31 54
• "MOSCARDINI TOURS", Via del Giardino, 137/B 0583 71 11 44
  BUS COMPANY: C.LA.P., Via di Canipaia
  0583 72 30 50
• ART GALLERY "IL MARZOCCO", Via di Borgo
  0583 72 42 57 PERMANENT COLLECTION "BRUNO CORDATI"
  Via di Mezzo, Casa Cordati 0583 72 34 50
• OPERA BARGA, Via di Mezzo, 49 0583 72 32 50
• RICCI FOUNDATION, Via Roma, 20 0583 72 43 57
• TAXI, Largo Roma 0583 71 01 30
• SWIMMING POOL, Via G. Puccini 0583 72 42 64
  STADIUM "J. MOSCARDINI", Via G. Puccini
  0583 71 11 67
  TENNIS COURTS, Via della Crocetta 0583 72 45 29
  
• SCHOOLS:

  Elementary School "G. Pascoli": Via Roma 0583 71 12 04
  Middle School "A. Mordini", Via Acquedotto 0583 72 30 79
  High School "G. Pascoli", Via Acquedotto 0583 72 30 07
  Technical School "A. Magri", Via Acquedotto
  0583 72 31 28
• Hotel Training School "Istituto Professionale Alberghiero", Viale Cesare Biondi
  0583 72 30 26
• HOTELS, PENSIONS, AND RESTAURANTS
  
  HOTEL "Alpino", Via G. Pascoli, 41 0583 72 33 36
  HOTEL "La Pergola", Via Sant'Antonio. 1 0583 71 12 39
  PENSION "Villa Libano", Via del Sasso, 6 0583 72 30 59
  RESTAURANT "Alpino", Via G. Pascoli, 41 0583 72 33 36
  RESTAURANT "La Pergola", Via del Giardino 0583 72 30 86
  RESTAURANT "Fontanamaggio", Parco Kennedy 0583 72 33 00
  RESTAURANT "Villa Libano", Via del Sasso, 6 0583 72 30 59
  RESTAURANT "Il Ponte", Viale C. Biondi, 8 0583 72 30 68
  RESTAURANT TRATTORIA "Togneri", Via Acquedotto 0583 72 34 82
  RESTAURANT ROSTICCERIA "Biagioni", Via di Borgo, 1 0583 724 536 RESTAURANT OSTERIA "Angelio", Piazza Angelio, 0583 724 547
  PIZZA RESTAURANTS:
  "Fontanamaggio", Parco Kennedy 0583 72 33 00
  "Il Ponte", Viale C. Biondi, 8 0583 72 30 68
  "Il Capretz", Piazza Salvo Salvi 0583 72 30 01
  "Il Cedro", Largo Roma 0583 72.30.02
  "Bertucci", Via G. Pascoli 0583 72 31 19
• MAIN EVENTS IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE - January 5/6:
  Twelfth Night celebrations through the streets of the old town. - Second Sunday of the month:
  Market for antiques, used furniture and other items, and local products - Third and fourth weeks in July:
  Festival of the historic centre: food and entertainment - July and August:
  Advanced colour etching courses of Swietlan Kraczyna "Opera Barga" Festival. Music, theatre, opera and advanced courses in musical performance. Opening of the permanent collection of the painter Bruno Cordati. - August:
  "Barga Jazz", International competition for composition and jazz orchestra arrangements - December 23:
  "Live" Christmas Mangers.
• RELIGIOUS EVENTS - August 2:
  Celebration of the "pardoning of Assisi" at the church of San Francesco with torchlit procession - August 25:
  Feast of St. Chrisopher, Patron Saint of Barga.The night before, torchlit procession in which the relics of the saint are carried through the streets of the town - Good Friday:
  Once every three years, the procession of Gesù Morto (the dead Jesus) that ends at the bastions of the Fosso with a symbolic torchlit representation of the Crucifixion

Accommodation in Barga By popular request: the list of hotels in Barga, plus, links to houses and apartments to rent or buy in Barga

Giovanni Pascoli 1855-1912 I Canti di Castelvecchio - complete text (In Italiano)

Osteria Angelio peek in at the people eating in the osteria . What does a plate of farro look like ? The Osteria Web Cam reveals all. ( in English, Italiano)

Low Resolution Poetry
Tiziana Fontana is the only artist in Barga using this almost invisble form of poetry ( In Italiano )

2001 winner: SURPRISE "OUTSIDER" WINS