San Ponziano, Lucca
San Ponziano is a Renaissance-style, former Roman Catholic church located on a piazza of the same name in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is now the library of the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.- Type: Church
- Description: church in Lucca
- Also known as: “Chiesa di San Ponziano di Lucca”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porta Elisa and National Museum of Villa Guinigi.
National Museum of Villa Guinigi
Museum
The Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi is the main art museum hosting the pre-modern art collections owned by the city of Lucca, Italy. The museum is located in a refurbished villa on Via della Quarquonia, completed in 1418 for Paolo Guinigi, ruler of Lucca until 1430. National Museum of Villa Guinigi is situated 210 metres north of San Ponziano, Lucca.
Walls of Lucca
The walls of Lucca are a series of stone, brick, and earthwork fortifications surrounding the central city of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy. They are among the best preserved Renaissance fortifications in Europe, and at 4 kilometers and 223 meters in circumference they are the second largest intact example of a fully walled Renaissance city after Nicosia, Cyprus. Walls of Lucca is situated 210 metres south of San Ponziano, Lucca.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sorbano del Giudice and Sorbano del Vescovo.
San Ponziano, Lucca
- Categories: building and religion
- Location: Lucca, Lucca, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
43.84314° or 43° 50′ 35″ north
Longitude
10.51295° or 10° 30′ 47″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Operator
IMT Alti Studi Lucca
Open location code
8FMGRGV7+75
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=church
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“San Ponziano, Lucca” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chiesa di San Ponziano”
- French: “église de San Ponziano”
- French: “Église de San Ponziano”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Ponziano”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Ponziano”
- Russian: “Церковь Сан-Понциано (Лукка)”
- Russian: “Церковь Сан-Понциано”
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