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Monumental houses of the medieval village of Bard
Challant House
Built towards the end of the fifteenth century, it is located in the Medieval village of Bard. The house was home to Count Filiberto di Challand, lord of Bard…
Fortress of Bard
Already during Theodoric’s reign (early 6th century A.D), sixty armed soldiers were garrisoned to defend the “Clausuræ Augustanæ” (a defence system set up to protect the borders…
Parish church of the Assumption of Mary
The parish of Bard, although it was already mentioned in 1176, was actually always managed by the parish priest of Hône, who regularly went there to celebrate the Mass. Nevertheless, given tha…
Chestnut Ecomuseum
In the ancient times the chestnut was a base component of the peasant diet, especially in mid mountain villages. In the village of Albard di Bard, to demonstrate the processing of thi…
Il Ferdinando. Fortresses and Frontiers Museum
Located in the Opera Ferdinando on the first level of the Fortress, this museum offers an exciting journey into the evolution of defence techniques, blockade systems and the ‘border…
Museum of the Alps
Located on the first floor of the Opera Carlo Alberto , the most important building of the spectacular Bard Fortress compound, the Museum of the Alps is an interactive, multimedia an…
The Children's Alps - Temporarily closed
temporarily closed Located inside the Opera Vittorio of the spectacular Bard Fortress, The Children’s Alps museum is an interactive space where visitor…
The Prisons – permanent exhibition on the Bard Fortress history
Located within the Carlo Alberto Building , the cramped cells of the Bard fortress in which prisoners were held, house today a history tour that leads visitors on the search for the story behin…
