What to do & see in Lucca – Con articoli anche in italiano
The statue of “la pupporona” as she is fondly referred to by Lucchesi, is now fully restored to her original beauty, according to the city of Lucca. The statue gracing a fountain in piazza San Salvatore, is officially named the Fountain of the Water Nymph but is colloquially referred to as the Fountain of the […]
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Starting July 24, 2020, Secret Lucca will feature 20 free tours on Friday afternoon and evenings, sponsored by the city of Lucca and professional tour guides. The 60-90 minute tours, originating in Piazza San Michele at 18:30 and 21:00 every Friday through September 30, 2020, will cover unusual topics developed by the guides to interest […]
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Newlywed Marianna Meschi was a marvelous cook and probably only became better with age and experience. By the time I was two, I was convinced that her rice was the best thing on earth – to this day I credit her with indoctrinating me to love Lucca. Besides her rice, she was famous for her […]
Continue ReadingBefore 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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La scultura lignea più antica nel mondo occidentale e` il Volto Santo di Lucca, secondo il comune di Lucca ed il vescovato della città, che hanno fatto l’annuncio il 19 febbraio 2020. Per 1200 anni, il Volto Santo nella Cattedrale di San Martino e` stato venerato dai lucchesi, i quali gli attribuiscono numerosi miracoli. I […]
Continue ReadingThe City of Lucca announced Carbon-14 findings that the Volto Santo crucifix in its Cathedral of St. Martin, dates back to the late 8th-early 9th centuries.
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— and so do I — Viva la Repubblica! JUNE 2, 2020 ~ ITALIAN REPUBLIC DAY June 2 is the Festa della Repubblica, the Italian National Republic Day, one of the most important symbols of Italian national pride. Italy has only been a constitutional Republic for 74 years: Italians voted for it in 1946, ousting […]
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VISITING LUCCA FOR THE FIRST TIME? Don’t miss these 5 top sites: TOP SITE #1. The city’s park-topped, Renaissance walls — aka, le mura. Rent a bike or go on foot: every meter of this 4.2 kilometer walk encircling the city is a pleasure for the senses. Look out onto vistas of the city or the […]
Continue ReadingL’IMPRESSIONISMO ALL’ITALIANA Una rara e sorprendente opportunità per intravedere l’evoluzione di Plinio Nomellini, maestro della luminosità E` facile e piacevole raggiungere Seravezza da Lucca — in 30 minuti sull’A11 si può sfuggire la città per piaceri culturali e gastronomici in un ambiente di montagna. Prima di decidere quando visitare, vi consigliamo di controllare le […]
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It can be intimidating to defy SIRI and take the “road less traveled,” but the rewards can be huge. On the way to Lucca from an errand in the Florentine suburb of Scandicci, we chose be different and take the Via Statale/State Route 66 (rather than the Autostrada 11) on the way home. While even […]
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