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…
Learn italiano: a cat’s tale The cat felloff 3rd floor window still last month so we dashed to the animal hospital at three in the morning. Sitting in the waiting room my mind was assailed by a long forgotten saying “tanto va la gatta al lardo che ci lascia lo Read more…