Its architecture, its squares and streets, its monuments, even the Botanical Garden and the green terraces of the Walls become an evocative natural stage for internationally renowned concerts, shows, and festivals. A succession of places and characters, soundscapes and atmospheres that tell of excellent musicians born in Lucca and passing rock stars.

In the historic center of Lucca is the house in Corte San Lorenzo where the famous composer was born and lived: today it is the Puccini Museum – Birthplace. In Piazza Cittadella, directly opposite, is the bronze monument to the composer. Nessun Dorma awaits you for an essential selfie.

Opposite the Hotel is the elegant and historic Teatro del Giglio, one of the oldest public theaters in Italy, which has celebrated world-famous singers, musicians, and dancers, as well as Puccini himself, who personally oversaw the staging of some of his most famous operas and is celebrated each year in the diverse opera season and the Puccini Days program.

Rock and pop, on the other hand, provide the soundtrack of the adjacent Piazza Napoleone, the large square dedicated to the Emperor, bordered on three sides by a row of centuries-old plane trees and the broad façade of the Palazzo Ducale, where the Lucca Summer Festival takes place every summer, featuring national and international music stars in a unique setting.

Music has always resounded in the reception rooms of the Ducal Palace, In the 19th century, it was the royal residence of Elisa Bonaparte and still bears witness to the splendor of imperial style. Its halls now host concerts of classical, chamber, and experimental music, in memory of the "diabolical" and seductive virtuosity of the legendary Niccolò Paganini, first violinist of the court and protagonist of unforgettable musical evenings in Elisa's "green" theater, carved from boxwood and yew, in the park of the princely country residence, Villa Reale di Marlia. On Via San Frediano, a plaque commemorates the musician's stay in Lucca.

The Musical Institute is one of the oldest in Italy. Traces of Giacomo Puccini, who was a student at the school (then the Pacini Institute), still remain within. In 1891, he left the Institute a large portion of his family's rich library. These include 696 musical manuscripts, mostly autographs, by Giacomo senior (1712-1781), Antonio (1747-1832), Domenico (1772-1815), and Michele (1813-1864), ecclesiastical compositions, secular cantatas, and a group of autographs by Giacomo Puccini junior, which is almost all that remains of the great composer's early work.

Not far from here, in the Cathedral of San Martino, the name of the Puccinis still appears, leading figures in the city's musical life, having all served as singers and organists at the cathedral. The great organ is still in perfect working order and is the focus of summer festivals and concerts, including the renowned "Music in the Cathedral" series, as well as the "Mottetone di Santa Croce," an original composition performed annually for the Feast of the Holy Face on the evening of September 13th, following the Luminara.