From Lucca to London and around the world. A little streaming and a little "edutment" TV series (education and entertainment).
Giacomo Puccini, open minded for different communication styles as well as a genius of music, would have appreciated this kind of combination.

 
"How I met Puccini" is a totally new format. Ten titles from the Puccini repertoire, from Le Villi to Turandot, with events of 45 minutes each, scheduled every two weeks, started in December and have accompanied us throughout the winter period.

Save the date on the diary for March 25, the "Dante-Day".

According to scholars, in fact, on March 25th 1300 Dante Alighieri started his descent into the underworld "In the middle of the journey of our life...". The rest is part of ... "the Divine Comedy" the most important "novel" of italian literature.
 
And for this reason, in the month of March our three #thingstodo will be dedicated to him.

 
1 - #aselfiewith ... Dante!

It has to be said that the people of Lucca, among the Tuscans, were not Dante's real  favourites....and  even in the Divine Comedy, except for a few characters, he always mentions them as a bad example, as flatterers, barterers and gluttons.

In the first hours of the morning the sun is rising in the constellation of Aries. It is the period of the spring equinox, when the sun rises and sets at the same time in all places of the earth marking the climatic moment of the rebirth of nature.

This way Dante gives us some indications to fix the date of departure of the journey that will take him, after the descent to the underworld, finally "to see the stars" and beyond: March 25, the national Dante-Day dedicated to Dante Alighieri.

The days are getting longer, but winter is not over yet.
In the meantime, waiting for the beautiful days in spring, enjoy some virtual tours of Lucca through space and time.

Every Saturday morning a long journey in different stages through 2200 years of Lucca's history.

Lucca is a city home to great music with a long tradition and history where important personalities like Luigi Boccherini came out.

A unique chess horse of the 11th century of carved bone, royal clothes of bygone times, a dream journey into Metaphysics.

Sometimes it’s not necessary to travel and discover fantastic stories by moving far away … just be curious!

The city museums are travel opportunities at your fingertips at any time of the year and offer ideas for real, more important trips, to be, hopefully, organized again as soon as possible.

Yet the love of the locals for greenery has inspired over time the creation of unexpected, fantastic and unusual gardens in the walled city.
Even in winter, therefore, it’s great to go for a walk in the gardens of Lucca.

The winter blooming at Villa Bottini

Some time ago we suggested a visit to small museums to avoid the cold weather and discover unexpected things.

A day dedicated to music to celebrate Maestro Giacomo Puccini's birthday.

In Lucca, home of music, there is a museum, where the Maestro was born and where he lived and his birthday
will soon be celebrated. A small apartment in the historic center of Lucca that nobody would have expected
to become the setting for the life of a great artist.