Barga
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About Barga
Barga represents a small Italian city, located not far from the city of Lucca, which nowadays still carefully keeps its historical center, surrounded by the medieval walls. The city of Barga represents a special place with the medieval atmosphere of the untouched old Italy, located on the top of the hill, but even though, it doesn t have a lot of ancient buildings on its territory.
The city of Barga was mentioned in the local chronicles for the very first time in IX-th century and since then it has developed quite a lot, enlarged its territory and nowadays represents one of quite popular tourist destinations of Italy.
Duomo San Cristoforo nowadays is considered one of the main local sightseeings of the city with a perfect observation platform on the whole city, its houses and all of its surroundings. Another local sightseeing is represented by the Ponte Vecchio, which is an ancient bridge, which nowadays is many centuries years old already and also provides travelers with the nice view on the city. Besides that, the city has a large number of various museums and art galleries with the instantly changing exhibitions, telling the visitors about the history of the city and the country in general, its customs, traditions and the lifestyle of its citizens.