Religious Places

The cathedral of Barga, dedicated to San Cristoforo, is located in the upper part of the town, on the embankment once defended by battlemented walls.… Read the rest

The Cathedral of the Holy Savior was built at the behest of Roger I, following a vow made during the battle of 1072 against the Saracens. Etienne de R… Read the rest

The church of Santa Maria di Portosalvo originally stood in the largo del Mandracchio and had the apse overlooking a stretch of water, the so-called M… Read the rest

The abbey San Bartolomeo, mentioned for the first time in a document of 914 with the dedication to the Saviour, presents three distinct and important… Read the rest

The friars of the Observance had settled in Barga since 1434: the vast consensus obtained throughout Lucca by the founder, Brother Herculaneum, had mo… Read the rest

The Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli alle Croci is located in Via Veterinaria. The building, built together with the adjoining convent in 1581 by th… Read the rest

The church and the monastery were founded in the 8th century by nuns who had fled from Constantinople after the Iconoclastic persecutions. The buildin… Read the rest

Halfway between Monte San Biagio and Fondi, inside the Regional Park of Ausoni, rises Mount Arcano: at its feet the Monastery of San Magno, on its sum… Read the rest

The Associació Espiritual de Devots de Sant Josep, founded in 1866 with the intention of promoting the construction of a temple dedicated to the Holy… Read the rest

The Fountain of St. Augustine collects water from two springs and is one of the major attractions of the park. The water is never lacking even in peri… Read the rest