Bardi (Emilia-Romagna)

Bardi
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Parma  (PR)
Coordinates	44 ° 38 '  N , 9 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 38 '0 "  N , 9 ° 44' 0"  E
height	625  m slm
surface	189 km²
Residents	2,119 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	11 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	43032
prefix	0525
ISTAT number	034002
Popular name	Bardigiani
Patron saint	John the Baptist
Website	Bardi

Bardi Castle

Bardi is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2119 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Parma in Emilia-Romagna . The municipality is located about 51.5 kilometers west-southwest of Parma on the Ceno and borders directly on the province of Piacenza .

View of Bardi with the castle

history

Bardi goes back to a colony of Hannibal . The name is derived from the Lombards .

The patrician Ubertino Landi from Piacenza acquired the castle of Bardi and the neighboring castle of Compiano in 1257 . The Landi were raised to Marchesi (margraves) by Emperor Charles V in 1551. After the local branch died out in 1682, their property fell to the Farnese , Dukes of Parma.

Personalities

• Jules Rossi (1914–1968), racing cyclist
• Antonio Samorè (1905–1983), Cardinal to the Curia

Web links

Commons : Bardi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.