In pictures: Italian town Barga celebrates links with Scotland

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In pictures: Italian town Barga celebrates links with Scotland
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Residents of Barga - many of whom have Scottish connections - stage a weekend of special events.

A small town in Tuscany has been celebrating its long-standing links with Scotland.

Many people from Barga and the towns and villages nearby emigrated in the first part of the 20th Century. It has led to it being called the "most Scottish town in Italy" and it hosted a weekend of celebrations. Among the attractions were bagpipe playing, dancing, a market selling a range of products and even the serving of a full Scottish breakfast.

A large number of emigrants from the area came to Glasgow initially but families have since spread out across much of the west of Scotland.Many people left Barga in the first half of the 20th Century to seek a new life further north

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