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Pop.: 306
Area: 103,10 sq. km, 409 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Armasio, Arcola, Cimacosta, Fontane,
Guata, Losie, Mighet, Molassa, Pentina, Pezzeda,
Ponte Antoi, Portuz, Predaia, Ribe, Roppe, Vallata
Town Hall: Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, 5 - 33080 Barcis
Phone.: 0427.76014 Fax: 0427.76340
http://www.comune.barcis.pn.it
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Among the reservoirs that were
created in this area in the 1950s
to produce hydroelectric energy and
regulate the flow of torrential
streams to the plains for irrigation
aims, the Lake of Barcis is probably the one
that, since 1954, has better managed to
integrate in the surrounding environment.
The charm of Barcis mainly resides in its
naturalistic side: the untouched woods
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surrounding the lake, with their native fauna,
are ideal for different types of excursions.
In particular, on the side of the lake
opposite the village is Parco del
Prescudin, ideal also for cycling excursions
owing to the not very steep road that
penetrates into the wood. Nowadays Barcis
is reached from Montereale through a long
tunnel, but until a few years ago the route
was characterized by the numerous
windings of the road (now a cycling path)
that winds sheer to the orrido of Valcellina
(ravine) formed by the action of torrent
Cellina in the course of millennia, whose
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corrugated stratifications show even earlier
geological devastations. Artistically
speaking, apart from the church of
San Giovanni (decorated with early 1900s
frescoes in the apse), the territory offers
several small oratories and shrines
interspersed in the lush vegetation.
Among civil buildings, Palazzo Centi is
certainly noteworthy (17th cent.), with its
lowered portico and above small loggia with
round arches on the façade.
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The territory ranges from the
pleasant plains at the foot of the
mountains in the Aviano area
(where the silent jewel of Castel
d'Aviano stands out) to the doublefaced
high mountains, showing the
modern tourist
mountain resorts on the one hand
(of which Piancavallo, with its
ski slopes, cross-country
trails and aspirations to
become a little...go
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