Italia Lucca 3 La citta delle cento chiese (1)

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Lucca
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La città delle cento chiese
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Known as the "City of a hundred churches", Lucca
is famous for its thick well-kept, tree-lined
city walls. Although the city limits have
expanded slightly beyond the boundaries of the
walls, the beauty of the ancient heart of the
city has been preserved for centuries.
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The church of San Frediano has paleochristian
origins, and is one of the most ancient churches
of Lucca. The church is dating back to 6th
century - when it was founded by the bishop
Frediano. Later it was assigned the name of the
bishop, whose remains are present in the church
crypt.
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Fridianus (Frediano) was an Irish bishop of Lucca
in the first half of the 6th century. He had a
church built on this spot, dedicated to St.
Vincent, a martyr from Zaragoza, Spain. When
Fridianus was buried in this church, the church
was renamed Ss. Frediano and Vincenzo.
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Soon afterwards, a community of Augustinian
canons was growing around this church. In the
Longobard era, the church and the canon house
were enlarged. In 1104, this order was recognized
by Pope Paschal II. The prior of St. Frediano was
later accorded a rank equal in dignity to that of
a bishop.
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The church acquired its present appearance of a
typical Roman basilica during the period
1112-1147. In the 13th-14th centuries the
striking façade was decorated with a huge golden
13th century mosaic representing The Ascension of
Christ the Saviour with the apostles below.
Berlinghiero Berlinghieri designed it in a
Byzantine/medieval style
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Inside, the basilica is built in richly carved
white marble. It consists of a nave and two
aisles with arches supported by columns with
Roman and Romanesque capitals.
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The Roman capitals were recycled from the nearby
Roman amphitheater
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The highlight at the entrance is the huge 12th
century Romanesque baptismal font (the Fonte
Lustrale). It is composed of a bowl, covered with
a tempietto, resting on pillars, inside a
circular basin. It is the craftmanship of master
Roberto (his signature is on the basin) and two
unknown masters
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The basin is decorated with The Story of Moses by
a Lombard sculptor. Master Roberto did the last
two panels The Good Shepherd and the Six
Prophets. The tempietto was sculpted by a Tuscan
master, representing the months of the year and
the apostles.
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The main altar
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Sacrament chapel
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fresco of St. Frediano displacing the course of
the river Serchio, while trying to stop the
flooding
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Fresco by Amico Aspertini (1508-1509) Transportati
on of the Volto Santo from the port of Luni to
Lucca by the Blessed Giovanni, bishop of Lucca
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Basilica di San Frediano
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Chiesa di San Michele, Antraccoli
Chiesa di San Francesco
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The church of San Cristoforo, constructed at the
beginning of the street of Via Fillungo, where in
Roman times there was the "cardo maximum" of the
Roman street layout. The Church of San Cristoforo
was reconstructed above the ruins of the previous
church, which had been dating back to 1200. At
present it is closed to the cult and is used as
an exhibition space.
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The church of San Giovanni Situated between the
Napoleon square and the San Michele square.
Before the consecration of St Martin in the
Cathedral of Lucca, the church of San Giovanni
acted as bishop's basilica.
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The church of San Giovanni the archeological
museum
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San Giovanni Church was built in the 12th century
and partially remodeled in the 17th but still has
some Romanesque features. Inside the church, you
can go underground for a fascinating look at the
archaeological excavations dating from the first
century BC through the eleventh century AD
including Roman remains, part of an early
Christian church, and a medieval crypt. It's open
daily from mid-March through 2 November and on
weekends and holidays the rest of the year. Each
evening at 7pm the church holds a music
performance
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The church of San Giovanni the archeological
museum at the 12th century
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The church of San Giusto built over a
pre-existing one, dates to the second half of the
12th century. The façade has a mixed decoration,
with white and black stripes in the upper part,
forming two small superimposed loggias at the top.
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The central portal was made by Guidetto's
workshop, and, among the other details, includes
two twisting atlases (one now partly missing)
supporting two protruding lions at the sides of
the lunette. The rest of the decoration has
vegetable motifs or fantastic creatures.
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The interior was remade during the 17th century
in Baroque style (in the background the statue of
Our Lady of Lourdes)
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San Pietro Somaldi
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San Michele in Foro
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San Michele in Foro
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Statue of Luigi Boccherini in front of the
Boccherini Music School
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Fountain for drinking in Piazza del Salvatore
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The oval Piazza Anfiteatro used to be a Roman
amphitheater. During medieval times, houses were
built on the Roman remains later from 1830 the
area was used as a marketplace. Nowadays it is a
nice meeting point with cafes and restaurants for
both locals and tourists.
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Presentation Sanda Foisoreanu
2013
Sound Luigi Boccherini - Cello Concerto
in B flat Major, G.482 - I. Allegro moderato