The Basilica of San Frediano (Basilica di San Frediano in Italian) is one of the oldest churches in Lucca, Tuscany. The Basilica of San Frediano is situated on the homonymous square, it’s in Romanesque style. Despite several interventions over the centuries, the medieval style of the basilica remained quite large. Of great feature is the […]
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A church dedicated to St. Michael was erected in the center of the ancient forum of the Roman city in the eighth century , and then a hospital and a monastery. The renovation of the church of San Michele in Foro began around 1070, by Pope Alexander II . Work on the new church, with […]
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Seat of the municipality, the Praetorian Palace (Palazzo del Podesta or Praetorian Palace in Italian) is located on the corner of Via Vittorio Veneto. The old building is one of the most remarkable of the period of the Renaissance in Lucca. The construction of the Palazzo Pretorio began around 1494 and designed by Matteo Civitali […]
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Montepulciano Cathedral (Duomo di Montepulciano in Italian) is located on the Piazza Grande, next to the Nobili Tarugi Palace and was built between 1586 and 1680, designed by Ippolito Scalza; the building was erected in place of the old church of Santa Maria. The Duomo of Montepulciano was solemnly consecrated on June 19th, 1712 by Francesco […]
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The Nobili-Tarugi Palace (Palazzo Nobili Tarugi in Italian) is a Montepulciano palace built in the first decades of the sixteenth century. Located on the Piazza Grande in front of the Cathedral of Montepulciano, it was awarded to Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (although some in more recent times prefer to refer to Jacopo Barozzi da […]
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