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Updated: June 12, 2025
The Garfagnana, again, cannot be bettered if you avoid such touristry as Bagni di Lucca; but then Castelnuovo is bare, and though Barga is fine enough, Piazza al Serchio is a mere huddle of houses, and it is not till you reach Fivizzano on the other side of the pass that you find what you want. In Casentino alone there is everything mountains, rivers, woods, and footways, convents and castles.
Corpus Barga has told me that when Senor Groizard, a relative of his, was ambassador to the Vatican, Leo XIII once inquired of him, in a jargon of Italo-Spanish, in the presence of the papal secretary, Cardinal Rampolla: "Does the Senor Ambasciatore speak Italian?" "No, not Italian, although I understand it a little." "Does the Senor Ambasciatore speak English?"
"Then there was that other affair with the municipality about the right of flying the flag from the Guinigi Tower. I do not mention small affairs, such as disputes with your late steward at Corellia, trials at Barga, nor litigation here at Lucca on a small scale. My dear marchesa, you have found the law an expensive pastime." The cavaliere's round eyes twinkled as he said this.
All round there are cupboards, shelves, and drawers, piled with papers and documents, most of them yellow with age. These consist of old leases, contracts, copies of various lawsuits with her tenants, appeals to Barga, mortgages, accounts. The room is low, and rounded to the shape of the tower. Naked joists and rafters of black wood support the ceiling.
Death of Giovanni II. Rene of Anjou and Alfonso of Aragon aspire to the kingdom Alfonso is routed and taken by the Genoese Alfonso being a prisoner of the duke of Milan, obtains his friendship The Genoese disgusted with the duke of Milan Divisions among the Genoese The Genoese, by means of Francesco Spinola, expel the duke's governor League against the duke of Milan Rinaldo degli Albizzi advises the duke to make war against the Florentines His discourse to the duke The duke adopts measures injurious to the Florentines Niccolo Piccinino appointed to command the duke's forces Preparations of the Florentines Piccinino routed before Barga.
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