Starting on June 19, 2026, the Holy Face of Lucca will once again be placed in the Tempietto di Matteo Civitali inside Lucca Cathedral, where it has been housed since 1484. The relocation marks the definitive return of the monumental wooden crucifix ...
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A calendar carved in stone that accompanies visitors along the succession of the seasons, telling the story of man's work, his relationship with nature and the passage of time. It is the cycle of the Months that decorates the frieze arranged on the p...
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TheEnte Chiesa Cattedrale di Lucca has announced the permanent relocation of the Holy Face to its Tempietto inside the Cathedral of San Martino in Lucca. The move follows a restoration that restored the wooden crucifix to its appearance attested betw...
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The construction site for the Lucca Center for the Arts, a project intended to create a new museum and exhibition center within the city's urban walls, gets underway in Lucca. With the start of work in Piazzale Verdi, an initiative promoted by the Fo...
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The fingers press on the keys with an almost painful subtlety. One seems to feel them as they rest on the black and white of the piano with a precise and obsessive tension, as if each phalanx must learn obedience even before the sound. In that slight...
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The delicate operations to move the Holy Face inside the Cathedral of San Martino in Lucca from the restoration laboratory to the Tempietto by Matteo Civitali, where the work will return to its final location, ended today at 12 noon. This will now be...
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Having concluded the restoration of the Holy Face of Lucca, the famous polychrome wooden crucifix dating back to the 9th century and kept for more than a thousand years in the Cathedral of San Martino, attention has shifted to the small temple that h...
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The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca recently acquired a new work in its collection: the Crucified Christ Triumphing over Death, Evil and Sin by Giustiniana Guidotti Borghese, daughter of Paolo Guidotti, the Cavalier Borghese.
"After The Portr...
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