The Walls and Towers of Lucca take Center-Stage on the ‘Night of Wishes’
Everyone is invited to stroll to the sounds of classical music atop the city’s walls in an unprecedented Festival, August 10, 2022.
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Caution Persists as Embers Smolder
23 July 2022 PREMERE per LEGGERE in ITALIANO – Link to Source: Il Tirreno LUCCA. As the great fire of Massarosa comes under control and some areas are undergoing reclamation, Mayor Mario Pardini of the municipality of Lucca has decided that “as a precaution” he will keep the ordinance of evacuation for Piazzano. In fact, […]
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WILDFIRE UPDATE:
Map of new hot spots as of 12:55 – 22 July 2022 Map courtesy of Copernicus Emergency Management Service of EFFIS
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Excitement for Pardini’s New Council
Mayor Mario Pardini and his new Council of administrative advisors.
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Ringing in Tradition: Feast Days Honor St. Paul
FIRST you will notice the red and white flags hanging over shoppers in the narrow lane of via San Paolino. You might hear distant drumming and horns, but the most engaging sound is the joyful ringing of church bells from every corner of the city. There’s more bell-tolling than one would expect even on a […]
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AS Lucchese Update: No News is Bad News
No deal has been announced to acquire AS Lucchese, so by June 21st the team’s owners face the obligation of providing assurances, including personal guarantees, to keep the organization afloat for another season. The possibility that a buyer will materialize before then to purchase the team now seems highly unlikely. Then there is the technical […]
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Ex-Manifattura: Proposed Incubator for the Arts
From La Nazione, 2 July 2022: Lucca – The future of the former Manifatture dei Tabacchi again is being discussed. After many long months of silence – the last action being the purchase at auction of a part of the building originally intended for project financing by COIMA and the Foundation of the Cassa di […]
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Bells Sound in Pelleria
The bells of the neighborhood church, San Tommaso in Pelleria, rang happily and perhaps a bit madly today as students practiced their rope-pulling technique, much to the joy of passersby walking, biking and running along the top of Lucca’s renown renaissance walls.
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Lucca Comics & Games Evolves into “CHANGES THE SAGA CONTINUES”
100 Days of Events Planned to Amuse ALL WINTER According to the announcement November 20, 2020, by Barbara di Cesare of Lucca Comics & Games, “More than 200 festival events will be available to viewers on demand, for free, until February 28, 2021, on the website: https://www.luccachanges.com/it as well as on the YouTube channel of the […]
Continue ReadingDa LUCCA COMICS & GAMES arriva l’edizione “CHANGES: LA SAGA CONTINUA”
Le proposte per 100 GIORNI di eventi Secondo l’annuncio a Lucca, del 20 novembre 2020, di Barbara di Cesare di Lucca Comics & Games, “Fino al 28 febbraio 2021 più di 200 degli eventi del programma festivaliero saranno disponibili gratuitamente on demand sul sito https://www.luccachanges.com/it e sul canale YouTube della manifestazione; eventi speciali, documentari, film e serie tv selezionati apposta per il pubblico […]
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