Editing Lucca (section)

==Culture==
Lucca is the [[birthplace]] of [[composer]]s [[Giacomo Puccini]] (''[[La Bohème]]'' and ''[[Madama Butterfly]]''), [[Nicolao Dorati]], [[Francesco Geminiani]], [[Gioseffo Guami]], [[Luigi Boccherini]], and [[Alfredo Catalani]]. It is also the birthplace of artist [[Benedetto Brandimarte]]. Since 2004, Lucca is home to [[IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca|IMT Lucca]], a public research institution and a selective graduate school and part of the [[Superior Graduate Schools in Italy]] (''[[Grandes écoles]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imtlucca.it/ |title=IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca - Scuola di Dottorato IMT Alti Studi di Lucca |publisher=Imtlucca.it |date=2011-09-29 |access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref>

[[File:Torre Guinigi.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Guinigi Tower]]]]

===Events===
Lucca hosts the annual Lucca Summer Festival. The 2006 edition featured live performances by [[Eric Clapton]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Massive Attack]], [[Roger Waters]], [[Tracy Chapman]], and [[Santana (band)|Santana]] at the Piazza Napoleone. For the 2025 edition, [[Riccardo Cocciante]] is scheduled to perform.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giusti |first=Gilda |date=2025-03-05 |title=Riccardo Cocciante torna al Lucca Summer Festival: concerto in piazza Napoleone dopo 16 anni |url=https://www.firenzepost.it/2025/03/05/riccardo-cocciante-torna-al-lucca-summer-festival-concerto-in-piazza-napoleone-dopo-16-anni/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Firenze Post |language=it-IT}}</ref>

Lucca hosts the annual [[Lucca Comics and Games]] festival, Europe's largest festival for [[comics]], [[movies]], [[Video game|games]] and related subjects.

Other events include:
* Lucca Film Festival<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.vistanova.it/index.php?lang=en| title = Lucca Film Festival| access-date = 2011-02-03| archive-date = 2012-03-13| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120313204325/http://www.vistanova.it/index.php?lang=en| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* Lucca Digital Photography Fest<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ldpf.it/index.php?lang=en| title = Lucca Digital Photo Fest| access-date = 2011-02-03| archive-date = 2016-03-05| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305214431/http://ldpf.it/index.php?lang=en| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* Procession of Santa Croce, on 13 September. Costume procession through the town's roads. 
* Lucca Jazz Donna<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.luccajazzdonna.it/| title = Lucca Jazz Donna}}</ref>
* Lucca Classica Music Festival<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucca Classica Music Festival {{!}} La grande musica è qui |url=https://www.luccaclassica.it/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
Moreover, Lucca hosts [[Lucca Biennale Cartasia]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucca Biennale - Cartasia {{!}} Turismo Lucca |url=https://www.luccabiennalecartasia.com/}}</ref> an international biennial contemporary art exhibition focusing solely on [[Paper craft|Paper Art]].

===Film and television===
[[Mauro Bolognini]]'s 1958 film ''[[Young Husbands|Giovani mariti]]'', with [[Sylva Koscina]], is set and was filmed in Lucca.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

[[Sergio Martino]]'s 1993 miniseries ''[[Private Crimes]]'', starring [[Edwige Fenech]], is set and was filmed in Lucca.

''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' filmed the third episode of the [[Top Gear (series 17)#ep3|17th season]] here.

=== Architecture ===
Lucca is also known for its marble deposits. After a fire in the early 1900s, the West Wing of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] was rebuilt with marble sourced in Lucca. The floor mosaic in the West Wing was hand-laid and is constructed entirely of Italian, Lucca marble.