Castelvecchio di Barga, officially Castelvecchio Pascoli, is a village in

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

in central Italy. Administratively, it is a ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'' of the ''

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'' of

Barga Barga may refer to: People * Barga Mongols in the early 20th century Places * Barga (department), Burkina Faso * Barga, Tuscany Barga is a medieval town and ''comune'' of the province of Lucca in Tuscany, central Italy. It is home to around 10, ...

, in the

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, in the

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Valley, where poet

Giovanni Pascoli Giovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli (; 31 December 1855 – 6 April 1912) was an Italian poet, classical scholar and an emblematic figure of Italian literature in the late nineteenth century. Alongside Gabriele D'Annunzio, he was one of the great ...

bought the house "''Cardosi-Carrara''".

History

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"), has three

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s where he worked in Latin, Greek and Italian. Here he seemed to have finally rebuilt the "

nest A nest is a structure built for certain animals to hold eggs or young. Although nests are most closely associated with birds, members of all classes of vertebrates and some invertebrates construct nests. They may be composed of organic materia ...

" – his family's traditional residence; the original in San Mauro was destroyed. The Casa museo Pascoli is still visited today. Giovanni Pascoli and his sister Mariù are buried in the adjacent chapel.

Sports

The sports company "''Il Ciocco''" hosted, in 1991, the second edition of the

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