Republic of Lucca

The Archdiocese of Lucca (Latin: Archidioecesis Lucensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The diocese dates back as a diocese to at least the 4th century; it became an archdiocese in 1726. The seat of the archbishop is in Lucca, in the cathedral of S. Martino. It is not a metropolitan see, has no suffragan dioceses, and is immediately subject (exempt) to the Holy See (Papacy).

The province of Lucca (Italian: provincia di Lucca) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca. It has an area of 1,773 square kilometres (685 sq mi) and a population of about 390,000. The province contains 33 comuni (SG: comune).

The March of Tuscany (Italian: Marca di Tuscia [ˈmarka di ˈtuʃʃa]) was a march of the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages. Located in northwestern central Italy, it bordered the Papal States to the south, the Ligurian Sea to the west and Lombardy to the north. It comprised a collection of counties, largely in the valley of the River Arno, originally centered on Lucca.

Stadio Porta Elisa is a multi-use stadium in Lucca, Italy. The authorized capacity is 7,386, but it can hold about 12,000; 2,500 of them are covered.

The Santuario di Santa Gemma is a Roman Catholic church-sanctuary devoted to the local saint and mystic Gemma Galgani located on Via di Tiglio outside the medieval walls of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

The Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi is the main art museum hosting the pre-modern art collections owned by the city of Lucca, Italy. The museum is located in a refurbished villa on Via della Quarquonia, completed in 1418 for Paolo Guinigi, ruler of Lucca until 1430. After his death, the building was confiscated by the republic, and it has served various purposes over the years. Only in 1924 was it selected to house the art collection, which until then was housed in the Palazzo Pubblico. In 1948 it was donated to the Italian state, which carried out a more organized preservation campaign and at the same time rearranged the collection, subsequently distributing it between this villa and the Palazzo Mansi. The late-Gothic building was constructed from 1413 to 1418 as a Villa di Delizia. It has an imposing brick façade with central ground-floor portico. Once elaborately decorated by Guinigi, it now houses collections of mainly the ancient, medieval, renaissance, baroque, and neoclassic periods.

The Giosuè Carducci Secondary School (Italian: Scuola Secondaria di I Grado "Giosuè Carducci") is a public middle school located in the historic center of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. It is part of the Istituto Comprensivo Lucca Centro Storico, which also includes primary and preschool facilities within the city walls.

San Francesco is a former Gothic-style Roman-Catholic church and monastery located in Piazza San Francesco in central Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. Since its restoration, it is home to IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, a superior graduate school.

San Ponziano is a Renaissance-style, former Roman Catholic church located on a piazza of the same name in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is now the library of the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.

The Palazzo Bocella is a Renaissance style palace located on Via della Fratta #36, near the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The palace in 2015 houses the Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, or nuovo Museo di Arte Contemporanea Lu.C.C.A. The palace is a museum and gallery for contemporary exhibits and performances.

The art collection of the Foundation of Lucca Saving Bank (in Italian Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca) is a collection of artworks, mostly created by artists from Lucca, acquired by this financial institution (the bank became two entity in 1990s, SpA and Bank Foundation). The home of the Foundation is the former Monastery and church of San Micheletto in Lucca. Though artworks of many periods are present in the collection, the Baroque paintings and the items linked to the cult of the Holy Face of Lucca are especially of note.

The Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca is a botanical garden located at Via del Giardino Botanico, 14, Lucca, Italy, and operated by the city. It is open daily during the warmer months, and weekday mornings off-season. An admission fee is charged. The garden was established in 1820 by Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, and contains a number of mature plantings of botanical interest. Its site is roughly triangular, set within a corner of Lucca's city wall, and organized into two main sections. One contains the gardens proper with an arboretum, pond, and smaller plantings; the other contains the greenhouse, botanical school, and laboratories. The Museo Botanico "Cesare Bicchi" contains a herbarium and archive.