Gualdo (near Massarosa) The road to the village climbs through a dense, centuries old wood from which Gualdo takes its name (Waldum is the German word for wood). The village is mentioned in a document dated 1099, when a “villa” subject to the Jus of San martino, to which Massarosa Read more…
Luciano Luciano is a small village with an exceptional position with a view of the Tyrrhenian coastline and wide section of the Versilia plain. A narrow road crosses the entire length of the little village and at on either side there are numerous villas with their sober, elegant facades. Every Read more…
23 September Conference “Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour: l’uomo e lo statista” Opening festivities for the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy to mark the bicentennial of the birth of C. B. Cavour. Organized by AC Lucca and the prefecture of Lucca. 24 September “I tre tenori -omaggio a Read more…
Forza Lucchese! Yes, the football season has begun. It may seem only five minutes since the World Cup disappeared from our television screens (and let us not dwell on the performance of the Italian national team) but once again the Beautiful Game is with us. And at the Stadio Porta Read more…
Beauty Stitched By hand Collection that fete Italian excellence in needlework. For more than forty years now, Loretta Caponi and her daughter Lucia, have been creating unique expression of the most authentic traditions of made in Tuscany excellence and “made to measure” couture. Garments of impeccable quality: even linings and Read more…