Castelvecchio di Barga, officially Castelvecchio Pascoli, is a village in
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
in central Italy. Administratively, it is a ''
frazione
A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') 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 consolidat ...
'' of the ''
comune
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'' of
Barga, in the
province of Lucca
The province of Lucca () is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.
It has an area of and a population of about 390,000. The province contains 33 ''comuni'' (: ''comune'').
Geography
Situated in northwester ...
, in the
Serchio
The Serchio (; ) is the third longest river in the Italian region of Tuscany at , coming after the Arno at and the Ombrone, . By mean rate of flow, it is the second largest, smaller than Arno but larger than Ombrone.
The principal source forms ...
Valley, where poet
Giovanni Pascoli bought the house "''Cardosi-Carrara''".
History
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"), has three
desk
A desk or bureau is a piece of furniture with a flat table (furniture), table-style work surface used in a school, office, home or the like for academic, professional or domestic activities such as reading (activity), reading, writing, or using ...
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 Egg (biology), 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 ...
" – 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
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.
References
External links
History museums in Italy
Cities and towns in Tuscany
Frazioni of Barga, Tuscany
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