The complex is composed of the Cathedral Museum, the Church and Baptistery of Santi Giovanni e Reparata and the Sacristy of the Cathedral. The Museum was created in 1992 to preserve both the furnishings made since the early Middle Ages for the performance of the solemn liturgical functions of the Cathedral and the sculptural and pictorial works which, removed from the original location for conservation reasons or replaced by more updated authors, they lay, barely accessible to the eye, in the deposits or in the sacristy. The Baptistery and the church of Santi Giovanni e Reparata qualify above all for the presence of a vast archaeological area open to the public in the spring of 1992 after an important excavation campaign, which began in 1969, which brought to light the finds from the Roman era (domus e terme) and the primitive layout of the early Christian basilica of the IVth-Vth century and of the adjacent contemporary baptistery. The sacristy of the cathedral has housed the funeral monument of Ilaria del Carretto since 1995, located since 1842 in the left transept of the Cathedral and removed from here to allow consolidation work in this area of the building. The wedding between Ilaria del Carretto of the Marquises of Savona and Paolo Guinigi, who was Lord of Lucca between 1400 and 1430, was celebrated with great pomp in February 1403.
Educational services
Guided tours
Users: schools, organized groups, associations, tourists etc.
Activities are paid
On reservation
Teaching activity
The Holy Face of Lucca
The history of Lucca from the Roman age to the Middle Ages, interpreted through the archaeological area of Saints Giovanni and Reparata
What is an illuminated manuscript: the manuscript books of the cathedral museum
The medieval bestiary
The cycle of months in the atrium of the cathedral of Lucca
Renaissance sculpture in the cathedral of Lucca
The canvases of the 16th century in the cathedral of Lucca
The windows of the cathedral of San Martino
One day at the cathedral museum: instructions for use
From vegetable weaves to the moving human figure: materials, techniques and suggestions of the Romanesque sculpture of Lucca The cathedral: from its origins to its current appearance
The Via Francigena and the Cathedral of Lucca
It's time for art (use of English applied to the world of art)
Users: schools, associations, organized groups, tourists etc.
Teaching aids: paper teaching materials, images, in-depth and verification sheets, notebooks operational, power point presentations Methods of implementation:
For the schools of the Municipality of Lucca and the Piana: 1 front lesson in class of 1 hour and 1 meeting-laboratory of 3 hours at the museum complex.
For schools in other municipalities: 1 3-hour meeting at the museum complex
Place of performance: school, museum complex and museum classroom
Activities are paid
On reservation
Other activities
Thematic visits
Workshops for the events promoted by the institutions
Lesson cycles
Conferences
Activities are paid
On reservation
Contacts
Coordinator of the visits Grazia Lucchesi
Coordinator and educational operator Chiara Del Prete
tel 0583 490530 fax 0583 919175
e-mail info@museocattedralelucca.it
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