Barge lies in a basin at the foot of monte Bracco and monte Medìa, under the Cottian Alps and within sight of Monviso. The name comes from barga, an old word whose meaning is disputed: to some it means shelter, to others it goes back to a root meaning raised ground.
The first document that names it is from 1001, a diploma of Otto III; but what shows how much it counted is the Romanesque bell tower of San Giovanni Battista, the largest parish bell tower over a very wide area already in the first quarter of the eleventh century. On the summits of the two mountains survive ancient rock engravings, whose culture is unknown.
Casa Marchetti · chiesa di San Giovanni Battista · Castello inferiore and 1 more
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Next up: Saint John the Baptist and the great Romanesque bell tower, Thursday 24 June
Nearest airport: Torino Caselle, 58 km away
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📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Barge celebrates Saint John the Baptist in its parish church, one of the largest non-cathedral churches in Piedmont, with the largest pieve bell tower over a vast area.
Casa Marchetti Gabetti and Isola's house at Barge, a farmstead reinterpreted. 
chiesa di San Giovanni Battista It collapsed in 1728 because the columns were too weak: Francesco Gallo rebuilt it 
Castello inferiore Castle of the lords of Barge in the eleventh century, then a friary, now a private house Castello superiore Raised by the marquis of Saluzzo against the Savoy, who took it in 1364 Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Barge, but an easy day trip away.
