B&B Lucca - Il Seminario & Il Seminario 2 - Bed & Breakfast Lucca

HISTORY

Lucca is a very ancient city; in fact, the first traces of the city can be found in a citation by Julius Caesar, who organized a congress here in 56 B.C.

The city’s entire historic centre is well preserved and dates back to the 13th century, with the exception of very few restorations from the last century.

Lucca’s architecture and buildings characterise its beauty, providing a fascinating setting.

The 16th century walls enclosing Lucca’s historic centre are in a perfect state of conservation. A splendid tree-lined path runs alongside the walls for about 4 km, making for an enjoyable tour on foot or bicycle; the route is interspersed by 11 Baluardi [battlements] protecting the city’s walls and entrance gates.

The currently existing perimeter wall is the city’s fourth, the last one erected by the people of Lucca over the centuries to protect themselves from barbaric invasions. The first boundary wall was raised by the Romans in the second century B.C.

During the 1800s, the Duchess Marie Louise de Bourbon commissioned the royal architect Lorenzo Nottolini to definitively restore and redefine the walls to allow for a public path.