"Whales, pistrics, dolphins, killer whales and other monsters of the ocean and our sea, whichever (monster) you have oh Nile, whichever the wonderful Ganges counts, this only beast gives testimony to you. The opening of the mouth and the rib show the vastness of the remaining body. The Tuscan sea threw it on the Lido of Lucca in the year of health 1495. "
Nicolao Tegrimi

The hunt for fantastic animals began in Lucca a long time ago ... and it's not over yet. Sara Paoletti * from the "Lucca Info & Guide" Association tells us more about it.

A baroque jewel right in the heart of the city is open to the community again. The Oratory of the Guardian Angels, a concentrate of architectural and pictorial treasures built in the mid-seventeenth century and now restored thanks to the important restoration works sponsored by the Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Foundation.

A small treasure chest that welcomes visitors for free, ready to host music and cultural events of different kinds.

Trees and music. Summer events at the Botanical Garden of Lucca.

On a May night trees are said to sing, in all the forests of the world, for those who are sensitive enough to listen. On that night Stradivari cut the woods for his violins and we all know how it turned out!
The Botanical Garden of Lucca dedicates classical and non-classical concerts to the trees of the arboretum on summer evenings. "The singing of trees" is a small festival of concerts of various kinds. A "listening path" made up of small events preceded by a short introduction.

July 12, the feast of San Paolino, patron saint of Lucca, is approaching.
Paola Moschini, from the Lucca Info & Guide Tourist Guide Association tells us some interesting details about it.

The National Museums of Lucca, Villa Guinigi and Palazzo Mansi, are open to the public again from July 1.

Two historic buildings that host the two national museums of the city, but are also an opportunity to get to know two aristocratic houses and make a journey back in time to two important moments in the history of Lucca.

Live like a local, feel like a tourist: the invitation gather together tourists looking for life experiences in the area and locals who want to feel like tourists at home in this particular moment, taking part in guided tours to fantastic and unknown places, right behind the corner of their homes and discover the landscape, naturalistic and architectural beauties in a new way.

From May 23rd the Guinigi Tower and the Clocktower are open to the public again.

The museums of Lucca invite you to join the online events in live-streaming and the video meetings in occasion of the International museum day.

The theme of the 2020 edition is Museums for Equality: diversity and inclusion, which focuses on the social role of cultural Institutes, their potential in being agents of change, carrying out actions to encourage the participation of all people.

The program

From the Tower to the sky, Music and art of hope from the Guinigi Tower in times of lockdown, in a concert on the 1st of May 2020.
From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm live on Twitch and NoiTv.

Using #dallatorrealcielo anyone can participate in the concert by posting, before the event, a nice and funny image of daily life of how you passed the quarantine period.

Here we are to host the most important cross-media festival in Europe: board game, video game, role playing, fantasy, animation, novel, cinema and TV series. Welcome to Lucca Comics & Games 2019 !