Bard

A fortre and village of Piedmont on the bank of the Dora Baltea, 23 miles south-southeast of Aosta. The fortre is situated on an impregnable rock, and arrested for some time Napoleon’s march in the valley of the Dora, at the outset of his campaign of 1800, almost compelling him to abandon it. The garrison consisted of 400 men, and was finally pa ed only by stratagem. It was subsequently razed by the French (1800), but has since been restored.