ART&FOOD
Treasures to taste, with themed guided tours, conferences and gastronomy with the typical food and wine products of the area, organized by the North-West Tuscany Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with trade associations and the Wine and Olive oil Road Association Lucca Montecarlo Versilia.
Here is the program!
Saturday 11 March
10:00 am
DALL'ORTO ALLA TAVOLA
Guided tour in Italian language through the documentary treasures of the Diocesan Archive of Lucca.
Edited by the Diocesan Historical Archive of Lucca.
Final tasting on the terrace by Gianluca Pardini of Italian Cuisine.
Free admission, reservation required.
Info and reservations:
tel. +39 0583 430954 - archivio@diocesilucca.it
10:50 am
LUCCA TOUR TASTY EDITION
Guided tour in Italian starting from Piazza San Michele, Burlamacchi statue.
Organized by the Lucca Info & Guide Association.
At the end, tasting of Buccellato at Forno Giusti or Pasticceria Taddeucci.
€15.00 - under 14, €3.00 - reservation required.
Info and reservations:
tel. +39 340 7806967 - 339 6328832 - luccainfoguide@gmail.com
11:00 am
LUCCA A TAVOLA NELLE CARTE DELL'ARCHIVIO
Exhibition path of historical documents: banquet menus, inventories of drugs and spices, etc.
Edited by the State Archives of Lucca.
At the end of the visit a tasting of Lucca DOP extra virgin olive oil and beans accompanied by a red wine from the Colline Lucchesi DOC at the Atelier Ricci.
Organized by Confagricoltura, Consorzio Olio DOP Lucca and the Wine and Oil Road of Lucca, Montecarlo and Versilia.
Free, reservations required.
Info and reservations:
State Archive of Lucca
tel. +39 0583 491465 - 0583 955909 - as-lu.salastudio@cultura.gov.it
11:00 am
CIBO, SREGOLATEZZA E CONSUMISMO NELL'ARTE DEL '900 DAL FUTURISMO A OGGI
Conference in Italian at the San Micheletto Complex.
Organized by Fondazione Centro Studi Ragghianti.
Free admission, no reservation is required.
3:30 pm
IL PIACERE DELLA TAVOLA A PALAZZO MANSI
Guided tour of the dining room at Palazzo Mansi, insights into six still lifes and the silver collection.
IL CIBO E LA TAVOLA DEGLI ANTICHI A VILLA GUINIGI
Tour through the archaeological collection of Villa Guinigi, observation of utensils, crockery and everyday objects of unusual shape.
At the end tasting at the Osteria dello Stellario.
By Turislucca
€ 20.00 - under 17 free - cost including museum entrance tickets - reservation is required.
Info and reservations: turislucca@turislucca.com
4:30 pm
IL GUSTO IN CATTEDRALE
Thematic guided tour in Italian about food and fashion in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Educational workshop for children on food in the past.
Organized by Opera del Duomo of Lucca.
At the end, tasting in the courtyard of the museum, curated by Gianluca Pardini of Italian Cuisine and the Wine and Oil Road of Lucca, Montecarlo and Versilia.
€4.00 - reservation is required.
For info and reservations: tel. +39 342 1466451 - didatticaterzomillennio@gmail.com
Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 March
12:00 pm
“...avrei bisogno di un po’ d’olio, ma di quello bono”
“...I need some olive oil, but the good one”
Giacomo Puccini gourmet. Themed visit organized by the Giacomo Puccini Foundation for the Puccini Museum – Birthplace.
At the end, in the premises of the Ricci Atelier in via San Paolino, tasting of olive oil and beans, organized by Confagricoltura, Consorzio Olio DOP e vino Lucca, organized by the Wine and Oil Road of Lucca, Montecarlo and Versilia.
€ 9.00 - reduced € 7.00 - reservation is required.
Info and reservations: +39 0583 1900379 - visite@puccinimuseum.org
L'ARTE DEL GUSTO IL GUSTO NELL'ARTE
Guided tour in Italian, in search of the iconographic elements related to food, in the art of Lucca.
By Turislucca.
€10.00 - reservation is required.
Info and reservations: turislucca@turislucca.com
Sunday 12 March
10:00 am
VIVI E MANGIA A LUCCA NEL '500
The story of Lucca and how people ate and lived in Lucca during the Renaissance in a guided tour in Italian.
By La Giunchiglia.
€10.00 - reservation is required.
Info and reservations: info@lagiunchiglia.net
10:00 am
ARTE GUSTOSA
Art workshop for children (6 - 11 years) related to food as nourishment for the body and creativity.
By La Giunchiglia.
€10.00 - reservation is required.
Info and reservations: info@lagiunchiglia.net
5:30 pm
I MASTER CHEF DELL'ANTICA ROMA
Conference in Italian on the culinary art of Roman times, guided tour of the Domus Romana museum.
At the end themed tasting.
Edited by Domus Romana Lucca.
€15.00 - reservation is required.
Info and reservations: +39 0583 050060 - info@domusromanalucca.it
Program by Camera di Commercio Toscana Nord-Ovest