My friends Rina and Alfredo drove up into the mountains above Montefegatesi.
They were above the clouds and took some photos to share with us.
I love the Bagni di Lucca mountains.
Above the clouds
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The park in La Villa
The lovely park in La Villa was devastated earlier this year when a tornado ripped through it, tearing up several of the old trees. Some were hundreds of years old.
The mess has been cleaned up, but it looks a bit bare.
I have heard there have been fund raising efforts to collect money to help rehabilitate the park. I look forward to seeing the results. It will be great to see some new trees planted.
Click here, here and here to see the park after the tornado.
Then and now…monument to the fallen
Here is a photo of Il Monumento ai Caduti in La Villa in 1940.
…and now.
I like it with the trees.
Trattoria Borghesi
Trattoria Borghesi was an institution in Bagni di Lucca for many years and everyone was disappointed when it closed a couple of years ago.
So when it reopened earlier this year there was much excitement. I missed the opening but recently went for lunch. Like many places in the area, a workman’s lunch for a set price is offered. For €11 you get first course, second course, side dish, water, wine and coffee.
We chose the chicken, torta salata, vegetables and pasta.
On another occasion there was soup, past with peas, ham and tomato, roast beef and eggplant…all delicious.
The food was very good and the service excellent.
The bar and restaurant have been renovated and look very clean and modern.
I’m sure Trattoria Borghesi is once again going to be very popular.
Trattoria Borghesi…85 Via Umberto I, La Villa.
Autumn in Lucchio
Lucky Catherine Keens has a house in Lucchio. She was there recently and took these gorgeous photos of the village.
Autumn is a beautiful time to be in Lucchio. Thank you Catherine for sharing it with us.
Then and now…Hotel Corona
HOtel Corona is on the SS 12 del Brennero at the entrance to Ponte a Serraglio. Here it is in 1900.
…and 1902.
…and today…the fence has gone.
The hotel is still operating and we would love to see the restaurant reopen.
I wouldn’t eat these
I found these gorgeous yellow mushrooms growing in the forest.
I left them there.
Autumn mists
Autumn is a beautiful season in Bagni di Lucca. It can be a bit wet, but I love the rainy, misty days.
…as long as there aren’t too many of them.
Chestnut festival at Ponte a Serraglio
Don’t forget the annual Chestnut Festival to be held in the Villa Fiori park on 18th October…let’s hope it is a fine sunny day and lots of people come.
18th July 1944
There is a beautiful, if somewhat neglected, building in Ponte a Serraglio. It was at one time the Hotel de Russie. The building was designed by Giuseppe Pardini and built in 1838. It is now apartments.
On the side of the building is a plaque stating that 13 partisans were held in the building during WWII when the building became Nazi headquarters.
The men were shot on 18th July 1944. There is a memorial in the cemetery in Ponte a Serraglio.
Behind the memorial is a narrow path. At the back of the memorial is another one.
I found these names on small plaques on the wall.
What a sad and lonely place it is, reflecting the misery and futility of war.
