LUCCA HISTORIAE FEST
Two thousand years of history in a tour around the city walls. The history of Lucca as it has never been told before.
Lucca Historiae Fest is a trip from bastion to bastion in a journey through history with extraordinary events.
4-5-6 August 2023 - City walls
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The Clock of Time
The city walls will be the location of an immersive journey through the history of Lucca, where each bastion will represent a different era.
Baluardo San Paolino - ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข.
Reconstruction of the Celtic-Ligurian and Roman periods by Antichi Popoli - Etruscan, Celtic, Medieval, Legio I Italica and Legio VII Gemina.
Baluardo San Donato - ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฐ.
Reconstruction of the Celtic-Ligurian and Roman periods by Antichi Popoli - Etruscan, Celtic, Medieval, Legio I Italica and Legio VII Gemina.
Baluardo Santa Croce - ๐๐ข ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ข.
Reconstruction of the Carolingian period and the Varego market by ErreLab and Fratellanza del Lupo Grigio.
Baluardo San Martino - ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ช๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ขฬ
Reconstruction of the medieval period by Contrade San Paolino, Grifoni Rampanti and I Falconieri Del Granducato Di Toscana.
Baluardo San Pietro - ๐๐ข ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ขฬ ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช.
Reconstruction of the medieval period by Compagnia Balestrieri Lucca and Compagnia Giovanni delle Bande Nere.
Baluardo San Salvatore - ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ข, ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ'๐๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ข, ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข.
Reconstruction of the Renaissance period by Historica Lucense and Borgo del Diavolo.
Baluardo La Libertร - ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.
Reconstruction of the Napoleonic period by the Napoleonic Association of Italy.
Baluardo San Regolo - ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ'๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ขฬ ๐ฅ'๐๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ข.
Reconstruction of the Austro-Hungarian period and the First World War by the Imperi Culture and Recollection Association and the Associazione Per La Storia.
Baluardo San Colombano - ๐๐ณ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ.
Reconstruction of the Second World War period by the Gothic Line Association of Lucca and the "La Croce di Ferro" historical re-enactment group.
Exhibitions
Casa del Boia - Un libro una storia
Expo of the most important historical editors by SoldierShop and Milistoria.
Casermetta San Regolo - Monumenti ai caduti della Grande Guerra
Exhibition dedicated to the Monuments to the Fallen of Lucca during World War I by Italia Nostra and Progetto Memento.
Casermetta San Martino - Armi e armati nei secoli. Weapons and armed over the centuries.
Casermetta San Pietro - L'evoluzione degli armamenti nei secoli. The evolution of armaments over the centuries.
by Historica Lucense.
Casa del Boia - Ricostruire la storia in minatura
Exhibition of multi-era historical miniatures in different styles and formats by Angelo Nencetti, Tommaso Nicosia and Stefano Allorini.
Friday August 4
5:30 pm - Francigena Entry Point - Museo Casa del Boia.
Lucca patrimonio archeologico: le ultime scoperte a Palazzo Guinigi.
Conference in Italian with Neva Chiarenza from the superintendence of Lucca and the archaeologist Susanna Bianchini.
7:00 pm - Francigena Entry Point - Museo Casa del Boia.
Elisa Bonaparte e Lucca
Conference in Italian with Roberta Martinelli and Simonetta Giurlani of the association Napoleone ed Elisa.
Saturday August 5
10:00 am / 9:00 pm - Glacies San Frediano bastion - Viking camp.
Varego village reconstruction with themed exhibitions by Draghi Neri and Mercenari Del Labirinto.
10:00 am / 9:00 pm - Glacies San Frediano bastion - Medieval duels.
Historical fencing duels and medieval educational activities organized by Cultura Historia Mundi and the Castel Durante historical group.
10:00 am / 9:00 pm - Glacies San Frediano bastion Flagwaver shows.
10:30 am / 5:00 pm - Glacies San Frediano bastion - Historical Dances.
5:30 pm - Glacies San Frediano bastion - VII Challenge between the town districts.
6:00 pm - San Frediano church - Il suono del campanile. The sound of the belltower.
6:00 pm / 9:00 pm - Caffรจ delle Mura - Belle รจpoque cafรฉ.
The ancient Caffรจ delle Mura comes to life amidst traditional dances and music by Laboratorio Brunier.
6:30 pm - Casa del Boia - Lucca capitale, la repubblica lucchese nella storia europea. Lucca as the capital, the republic of Lucca in European history.
8:00 pm - Glacies San Frediano bastion - giostra rinascimentale. Renaissance carousel.
Sunday August 6
10:00 am / 9:00 pm - Glacies San Frediano bastion - Viking camp.
Varego village reconstruction with themed exhibitions by Draghi Neri and Mercenari Del Labirinto.
11:00 am - Casa del Boia - La linea gotica in lucchesia. The gothic line in the area of Lucca.
10:00 am / 9:00 pm - Glacies San Frediano bastion - Medieval duels.
Historical fencing duels and medieval educational activities organized by Cultura Historia Mundi and the Castel Durante historical group.
10:00 am / 9:00 pm - Glacies San Frediano bastion Flagwaver shows.
6:00 pm / 9:00 pm - Caffรจ delle Mura - Belle รจpoque cafรฉ.
The ancient Caffรจ delle Mura comes to life amidst traditional dances and music by Laboratorio Brunier.
8:00 pm - Glacies San Frediano bastion - giostra rinascimentale. Renaissance carousel.
Free admission.
The complete program and all updates on the Lucca history festival can be found on the social networks and on the website luccahistoriaefest.it