Lucca is widely known as the “City of a Hundred Churches”, a title reflecting the remarkable concentration of religious buildings within its historic walls. The churches of Lucca preserve evidence of the city’s development from the early Christian period through the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque eras.
This exceptional religious heritage developed partly because Lucca occupied an important position along the Via Francigena. Medieval pilgrims travelling toward Rome entered the city to pray, rest, and visit sacred places, encouraging the construction of churches, monasteries, hospitals, baptisteries, and confraternity buildings throughout the urban area.
