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I introduced the Aosta valley as a valley full of castles in my previous post. Today I would like to share with you one of them, which is called Fort Bard. It is built in the 19th century by the House of Savoy on a rocky prominence above Bard, a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy. The narrow passage of Bard gorge represents a compulsory route to entry into Aosta Valley. In Bard, the first human settlements date back to the Neolithic period.

巴德堡是一座建于19世纪的防御工事，由萨沃伊家族建造，位于意大利西北部奥斯塔山谷地区的巴德镇上。巴德峡谷狭窄的通道是进入奥斯塔山谷的必经之路。 在巴德，第一批人类定居点可以追溯到新石器时代。

The Wikipedia gives a very detailed introduction to its history.

The fort, which is at the entrance to the Aosta Valley, is located in a narrow gorge above the Dora Baltea river. It has been used for millennia to control the historic route between Italy and France. The current fortifications were built by Charles Albert of Savoy between 1830 and 1838. It replaced a 10th-century castle that had, itself, been built on an earlier structure founded by Theodoric I in the 5th century. The castle was under the control of the powerful local lords of Bard until the middle of the 13th century when ownership passed to the House of Savoy. Under their control, the defences were strengthened and improved.

巴德堡位于奥斯塔山谷的入口处，位于多拉巴尔塔河上方的狭窄峡谷中。 它已被使用了数千年用来控制意大利和法国之间的连接路线。 目前的防御工事是由萨沃伊的查尔斯·艾伯特于1830年至1838年间建造的。在这之前这里是一座修建于10世纪的城堡，该城堡本身也是基于建于5世纪的早期建筑上。 巴德堡一直在巴德当地领主的控制之下，直到13世纪中叶所有权被转移到萨沃伊家族。 在他们的控制下，巴德堡的防御工事得到加强和改善。

For more details, please refer to here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bard

There is a video to show the top view of the Fort Bard.

这里有一段航拍的巴德堡的视频。

If you are a tourist, you can visit Fort Bard by train from Turin, it costs about 2 hours. The train station in Bard just located at the foot of Fort.

如果你是旅行者，可以从都灵搭乘火车前往巴德堡，整个车程大约2个小时， 几乎每小时一班火车。 巴德火车站就位于巴德堡脚下，下了火车以后就能看到它在你的右手边。

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The small train in the Aosta Valley.

行驶在Aosta河谷中的只有两节的小火车。

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After you get off the train, you will see the Fort Bard on your right hand side. Just follow the right direction walk to the Fort, it spends about 30 mins, because you need cross one river in front of the Fort.

大约需要20分钟从火车站走到巴德堡的入口处，不过一路都可以远眺巴德堡，非常不错。

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The model of Fort Bard.

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Do you feel you have seen this fort before? How about give you a hint?

不觉得这个地方很熟悉吗？ 下面是提示，想到了吗？

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