Two days of events about the fascinating subject of the history of marble art in the Apuan-Versilia region between the end of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, and see on the day after art in one of the most important modern monumental funerary complexes of central Italy.
Friday May 26
h 17:30, Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art "Lorenzo Viani" – Conference-narration with the projection of images by Riccardo Mazzoni. The conference will analyzed the cemetery with its core of statuary and ornate works; Several exponents of the refined school of Lucca are attested and remarkable chapels can be noticed. A large number of illustrious citizens are buried in this place, like Mario Tobino, whose tomb will be examined in the end of the guided tour on Saturday.
Saturday May 27
h 16:00, Monumental Misericordia cemetry – Guided tour tlead by Riccardo Mazzoni.
THE MONUMENTAL CEMETRY
Viareggio, GAMC Lorenzo Viani, piazza Mazzini 22
2017, May 26/27
On friday at 17:30, on Saturday at 16:00
Free admission