Castello de Bardi, Fortezza Dei Landi, Lombardi

Castello di Bardi is high in the Parma mountains in Lombardi. in Roman times it was a stop on the road that connected Luni and Veleia and, in the Middle Ages, As for the Trebbia valley, also in the Ceno valley there are origins that fade into legend and lead to the other side of the Mediterranean: Bardi would therefore take its name from one of Hannibal's elephants, the fierce Carthaginian leader who challenged Rome by crossing the Alps leading his troops and colossal African mammals,.

Ref: Original Watercolour 25cm x35cm