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NEWS Lucca October 29, 2026: A Day to Honor 60 years: Italy recognizes Lucca as a cultural hub for Comic art

Emanuel Vietina, Director of Lucca Comics & Games, and Tuscany’s Cultural Commissioner… witness the signing of an agreement today between the Italian government, represented by … Cultural Minister, Lucca’s Mayor Mario Pardini and Tuscany’s President Eugenio Giani to recognize Lucca’s cultural importance and establish a new museum to bring life to Lucca Comics & Games year-round.

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NEWS LUCCA 29 ottobre 2026: Il sensei Go Nagai, creatore di veri e propri miti dell’età moderna quali Goldrake, Mazinga e Devilman, è uno dei grandi protagonisti di Lucca Comics & Games 60

“Lucca e te: grandissimi istituzioni!” ha dichiarato Emanuele Vietina, Direttore di Lucca Comics & Games, con riguardo al sensei Go Nagai. Secondo Go Nagai, ha sempre fatto quello che piaceva a lui e gli fa piacere che le sue opere siano piaciuti ad altri. Gli pare che al di là delle diverse personalità delle persone […]

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NEWS Uffizi Library – Florence, Italy:

23 June 2026 Today, Lucca Comics & Games 2026 (LC&G26) announced the lineup of artists and gaming platforms attending this year’s event in Lucca to celebrate its “Legacy of Community since 1966”. The event runs from October 28th to November 1st in the suggestive walled city of Lucca, where it was founded. The poster promoting […]

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NEWS LUCCA 22 giugno 2026

Anche quando fa caldo, quest’è un bellissimo posto dove stare… LUCCA HOSTEL & ROOMS SAN FREDIANO Mario Pardini, Sindaco di Lucca, e Remo Santini, Assessore al Turismo, hanno allegramente notato oggi che con l’apertura di Lucca Hostel & Rooms San Frediano nel 2025, la diversità fra le strutture alberghiere nel centro storico è aumentata. Adesso […]

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NEWS 18 OCTOBER 2025 LUCCA COMICS & GAMES

A fantastical field trip NEWS Just announced 14 October 2025: Every big name in Comics from YouTube to Hollywood to musical theater to books – everyone is coming to Lucca Comics and Games 2025 French Kiss (LC&G).  No one will be left out – especially not the kids – organizers announced today, 14 October 2025.  […]

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CiCi “La Quarantina” tells her exciting story: Chapter 1 – At the Beach

At the Beach I am a kitten. My name is CiCi, but sometimes I call myself ‘La Quarantina’, since I was born in Castiglione di Garfagnana right in the middle of the pandemic. Castiglione di Garfagnana The little barn that I called home for about a week was great, but my owner Grace promptly whisked […]

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Overcome Jet lag on the way to Lucca: Indulge in a drive on E80

Driving from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport to Lucca?You’ve had a grueling time on the plane. Enough is enough. Indulge in some R&R on the way to Lucca. DON’T take the Autostrada del Sole – A11.Drive north instead on the wind swept, tollway known as E80/SS1. The sea views will take your breathe away. This highway, originally […]

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Visiting Italy with your pup?  Lucca is one of the most dog-friendly cities in the country

PREMERE PER LEGGERE IN ITALIANO Many innovative and valuable interventions by the city’s administration recognize the importance of the human-animal relationship – particularly those bonds formed during COVID. Working in collaboration with the Department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Pisa for the European research project In-Habit, the city wishes to promote the value […]

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Lucca Trek: 13 itineraries to enjoy on foot or by bike

Extraordinary Lucchesia – the area including Lucca’s city center, its beloved walls and its outer neighborhoods, has fascinating places you should explore.  To help, a new map of 13 potential walks and hikes has just been published by the city’s Tourism Board called Lucca Trek.   Meander just a few kilometers southwest of the city to […]

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Tourist BOOM in Lucca

The first five months of 2023 brought a boost in tourism to Lucca unseen except perhaps before COVID: receipts from bus revenue quadrupled, tourist tax income almost doubled and 20,000 more people visited the city’s towers… Assessor Remo Santini asserts: “The quality of this influx benefits all. The city’s identity is the added value that […]

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Eventi per dare il benvenuto ai lucchesi rientrati

I soci e gli amici dell’Associazione Lucchesi nel Mondo sono invitati a riservare un posto alle seguenti attività per festeggiare il loro ritorno a Lucca per la Festa di Santa Croce 2022. Si prega di contattare Lucchesi nel Mondo all’indirizzo lucchesinelmondo@virgilio.it o al +39 0583 467855 per prenotare o richiedere maggiori informazioni… 9 settembre, ore […]

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INTERVISTA con il NUOVO SINDACO di LUCCA: MARIO PARDINI

Il 9 agosto 2022 Luccalife.com ha avuto il piacere di intervistare il ​​neoeletto Sindaco di Lucca Mario Pardini nel suo ufficio di Palazzo Orsetti. Il suo dinamismo, intelligenza e approccio considerato al governo della città è eccitante e fresco. Se leggi questo, siamo sicuri che sarai d’accordo con noi…. Il testo della nostra intervista con […]

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Meet the New Mayor: an interview with Mario Pardini, newly elected mayor of Lucca

On 9 August 2022, LuccaLife.com had the pleasure of interviewing the newly elected Mayor of Lucca Mario Pardini at his office in Palazzo Orsetti. His dynamism, intelligence, and thoughtful approach to governing the city is exciting and inspiring.   If you read this, we are sure you’ll agree with us…. The text of our interview […]

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A Family Secret

After the war, my zia Gina continued working as a teacher. The handsome South African soldier named Donny with whom she had fallen in love didn’t write as he had promised, so to divert herself she quickly fell for the attention of a puppy whom she called “Bijoux” – zio Carlo thought the name was […]

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The War

Before World War II started to impact her and her family’s life directly, my Mom finished her teaching degree but unlike her sister, Gina, who went straight to work at a middle school in Garfagnana, Mom continued her university studies.  She studied Chemistry at the University of Pisa after receiving an associate teaching degree because […]

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Ritorna per la notte delle stelle cadenti, la quinta edizione di “E Lucevan le stelle” lunedì il 10 agosto, festa di San Lorenzo

Sulle celebri mura rinascimentali della città si esibiranno gratuitamente musicisti jazz e blues, strumentisti classici e cantanti lirici, e ci sarà anche la danza sui baluardi: dal tango al waltz. Dal Baluardo della Libertà al Baluardo San Paolino, gli spettatori potranno passeggiare liberamente e godersi la musica sotto le stelle. Per una visione più ravvicinata […]

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Don Aldo Mei sacerdote di Fiano, Lucca
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The bells ring, and ring

So sad But “love never dies” After 82 years, Don Aldo Mei is still remembered in Lucca for this his saying, and for his courage in the face of Nazi hatred and arrogance. On this day, eighty-two years ago, the young priest was shot just outside Porta Elisa for hiding a radio, and even worse, […]

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Don Aldo Mei sacerdote di Fiano, Lucca
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Le campane suonano, e suonano

Che tristezza Ma “l’amore non muore“ Dopo 82 anni, a Lucca Don Aldo Mei è ancora ricordato per questo suo detto, e per il suo coraggio di fronte all’odio e alla prepotenza degli nazisti.  In questo giorno, ottantadue anni fa, il giovane sacerdote fu fucilato subito fuori di Porta Elisa per aver nascosto una radio […]

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