Castelvecchio Pascoli
Castelvecchio Pascoli | |
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Coordinates: 44°05′57″N 10°27′48″E / 44.09917°N 10.46333°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Tuscany |
Province | Lucca (LU) |
Comune | Barga |
Elevation | 286 m (938 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 55051 |
Dialing code | 0583 |
Castelvecchio di Barga, officially Castelvecchio Pascoli, is a village in Tuscany in central Italy. Administratively, it is a frazione of the comune of Barga, in the province of Lucca,[1] in the Serchio Valley, where poet Giovanni Pascoli bought the house "Cardosi-Carrara".
History
[edit]Giovanni Pascoli spent much of his time in Castelvecchio, dedicating himself to poetry and studies in classical literature. His former house, now in use as the Pascoli House-Museum ("Pascoli House-Museum"), has three desks where he worked in Latin, Greek and Italian. Here he seemed to have finally rebuilt the "nest" – his family's traditional residence;[2] the original in San Mauro was destroyed.[citation needed]
The Casa museo Pascoli is still visited today. Giovanni Pascoli and his sister Mariù are buried in the adjacent chapel.
Sports
[edit]The sports company "Il Ciocco" hosted, in 1991, the second edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.
References
[edit]- ^ "Visita a Castelvecchio Pascoli". lettereadioealluomo.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Il "nido" ricostruito: la casa museo di Giovanni Pascoli a Castelvecchio". turismoletterario.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
External links
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