"Lucca Traveling Slow Project Lucca Ospitale" is a show dedicated to the promotion of the Paths, the Via Francigena, the territory of Lucca and the environment and slow tourism in general. Through the realization of various types of events (guided tours, concerts, book presentations, etc ..) our territories will be discovered by citizens, tourists and walkers in an unconventional way, also thanks to the concomitance with the running of the March of Ville Lucchesi.
May 29
Walking along Via Francigena
8:00 hrs – Lucca FS station (train departure).
9:30 am – Camaiore – Valpromaro – Lucca (Arrival in Lucca for the 16th) by Andrea Lombardi.
Variant Via Francigena
h 9:30 am – Lucca Piazza San Salvatore. Lucca – Parole d'oro. (Nottolini Aqueduct) curated by Maria Curto.
h 10:00 am – Lucca Piazza San Salvatore – Reservations for the events of the following day (Villa march, pettoric retreat, Ciclovia Puccini and Museo Puccini, excursions).
h 16:00 hrs – Lucca, Via san Leonardo 12. – Opening Lucca Viaggia Lenta – Vernissage of Pilgrim Hostess Hostel "San Davino".
h 17:30 – Lucca UBIK Library – Book Presentation "La mia Francigena" by Andrea Vismara, Ed. Dei Cammini.
h 21:00 – Lucca Church of San Salvatore – Concert "Sintomi di Felicità", by the love of singing the courage to overcome the disease "
Rossini's solemn Petite Messe, tenor Marco Voleri, soprano Silvia Pantani, basso Pietro Toscano, mezzosoprano Marta Lotti, Massimo Salotti, reciting voices Marco Brinzi and Sara Morganti.
April 30
h 8.30am -Capannori, loc Marlia. Marlia "Marcia delle Ville" – Lucca transfer possibility – Marlia from 7:00 to 10:00 and Marlia – Lucca from 12:00 to h 14:00. Departure to Lucca for 14:00, reserve reserved for Capannori hostel.
h 8.30 – Pietrasanta. "Waiting for the marathon". From Pietrasanta to Lucca, stop over and overnight at Valpromaro. By the Friends of Francigena
h 9.00am – Lucca, P.zza San Salvatore. "Lucca in the Footsteps of the Maestro". Tour on Ciclovia Giacomo Puccini by bike to Torre del Lago Puccini and guided tour to the Casa Giacomo Puccini House at Corte San Lorenzo in Lucca.
h 10:00 am – Lucca, P.zza San Salvatore Opening Information and Reservation Point and Baluardo San Salvatore (Town Halls and Associations).
h 10:00 am / 6 pm – Lucca, Baluardo San Salvatore. Entry point Francigena Peregrinari Project Homo Viator. The "Homo Viator" trail is part of the Multi-Year Project "Peregrinari" and, through an interactive exhibition, practical-theoretical workshops and concert lessons, reconstruct and revive the musical culture that animated the streets of medieval pilgrimage. The day will be devoted to deepening various aspects of the sound-music-instrument, rhythm-movement-dance, sound-music-prayer, creating a musical, iconic, theatrical-musical journey that recreates the sound, musical and cultural background Accompanied the pilgrims on their way through some fundamental figures (Christ, the Apostles, Mary and the Saints). Ideal stops will also be offered both at the sources of production and in the passage and final destination of the pilgrimage.
h 16:00 hrs – Lucca Baluardo San Salvatore. "Pellegrina / Pilllegrino" show by and with Giovanni Balzaretti.
h 17:30 – Lucca UBIK Library. Presentation of the book "Senza di te il treno non parte" by Marco Voleri, Ed. Vanda.
h 19:00 – Lucca, Casermetta San Salvatore Concerto of the La Dama and Unicorno Ensemble. The opening of the Francigena Museum.
h 7.30 pm – Capannori, P.zza Aldo Moro. Waiting for the May 1st Ceremony by the Commune of Capannori.
May 1
h 9:00 pm Capannori, loc. Camigliano, villa Lazzareschi. The Francigena variant – from Villa Lazzareschi to Borgo delle Camelie, San Martino in the hill, Montecarlo, Padule di Porcari, San Ginese, arrives at San Giusto di Compito. (18Km, departure and return with transfer).
9am – Altopascio. Via Francigena – From Altopascio to Lucca "on the day of feast". Altopascio, Capannori, Lucca with stop at Badia Pozzeveri for breakfast of pilgrims and stop at Capannori for lunch, visit to the Athena Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum and concert of May 1st.
h 10:00 am – Lucca, P.zza San Salvatore Opening stand informative point and reservations and Baluardo San Salvatore stand of municipalities and associations.
h 11:00 am – Lucca, Baluardo San Salvatore, Entry point Francigena.Viandanti si raccontano: Grazia Andriola presents #steptostoptheviolence;
Fabrizio Pepini, Massimiliano Cremona present "Camminare Guarisce"; Ivo Gabrielli, Samantha Cesaretti present "in cammino con i non vedenti…"; Andrea Pelle "il blogger …di viaggi, perchè"; Stefano Vannucchi "Gli Itinerari del Consiglio d’Europa. Towards the VII European Forum (Lucca 27-29 September 2017) "
h 13:00 – Lucca, Piazza San Salvatore. Arrival of pilgrims from Pietrasanta and Lunch at Misericordia di Lucca.
15:00 – Lucca, Baluardo San Salvatore, Entry point Francigena.Viandanti si raccontano: Grazia Andriola #steptostoptheviolence; Fabrizio Pepini and Massimiliano Cremona, Camminare Guarisce; Maria Corno, I cammini di Maria… Il cammino degli 88 templi in Giappone; Adriano Bigongiari, Il cammino di Sant Olav; Andrea Polidoro, walk blogger Un cammino per ricominciare; Alessandro Marra "Il Cammino di Santiago… follow and follower; Stefano Vannicchi "The Itineraries of the Council of Europe. Towards the VII European Forum (Lucca 27-29 September 2017) "
17.30 hours – Lucca and Francigena. Discovering places and holy pilgrims. Animated guided tour