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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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News LUCCA sabato 27 giugno 2026

SINDACO MARIO PARDINI – UN UOMO DI AZIONE Quattr’anni fa, Mario Pardini accettava l’incarico di sindaco di Lucca.  Oggi ha tenuto una conferenza stampa nella Sala Rossa di Palazzo Orsetti per riguardare le azioni che ha preso come sindaco, e per rispondere alle domande dei giornalisti. Ecco la nostra trascrizione delle osservazioni del sindaco sulle […]

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LUCCA NEWS 30 giugno 2026

Lucca accelera verso la Smart City  La giunta approva avvio della fase competitiva per un grande progetto di innovazione urbana. La giunta comunale di Lucca ha approvato la delibera n.154/2026 con cui viene riconosciuto l’interesse pubblico della proposta di partenariato pubblico-privato finalizzata all’implementazione di un ampio programma di interventi per la trasformazione della città in […]

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LUCCA NEWS 30 June 2026 Lucca accelerates to become a Smart City 

City council approved the start of the competitive phase for a large urban innovation project to transform Lucca into a modern, smart and sustainable city with improved efficiencies and connectivity. The municipal council of Lucca has approved resolution no. 154/2026  recognizing the public interest of a proposed public-private partnership  to implement the broad program of […]

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LUCCA NEWS 30 giugno 2026: Turismo, il 2025 chiude in crescita

Bene anche la primavera 2026, ma l’estate parte con prudenza L’assessore Santini: “L’obiettivo è stabilizzare i numeri e non inseguire altri record. Lavoriamo sempre sulla qualità” Il turismo a Lucca continua a crescere in modo equilibrato e sostenibile. I dati definitivi del 2025 confermano infatti un ulteriore incremento dei flussi rispetto all’anno precedente, mentre i […]

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Oggi, martedì 23 giugno 2026 presso gli Uffizi a Firenze, s’è lanciato Lucca Comics & Games 2026 – “Community since 1966”.

Sono stati annunciati tutti gli artisti e società di gaming provenienti da tutto il mondo che parteciperanno all’evento dal 28 ottobre al 1 novembre nella città murata.  Rivelato anche il manifesto del noto artista Claudio Castellani per LC&G26 che festeggia la Legacy dell’evento che quest’anno compie 60 anni.

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CI SIAMO

Comincia domani 24 giugno 2026 il LUCCA SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL (LSF) con compositore eccezionale LUDOVICO EINAUDI. MA è gia’ SOLD OUT! Non mancare: vai a LSF 2026 per tutti gli artisti e biglietti…

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