The church of the Santissima Annunziata is a 16th-century,

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church located in the center of Barga, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church was built in a Latin-cross layout in 1595 around a venerated icon of the Virgin. An altarpiece on the right has a canvas depicting a ''Madonna and child and Saints'' by

Baccio Ciarpi Baccio Ciarpi (1574–1654) was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerism and early-Baroque style. Born in Barga, Tuscany, Barga in Tuscany, he was active in Rome and Florence. He is best known for having mentored briefly Pietro da Cortona. He paint ...

. In the choir are frescoes depicting the ''Marriage of the Virgin'' and ''Presentation at the Temple''.Comune of Barga
, entry on church.

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