Church of San Francesco

Convent of San Francesco

Side view, with part of the façade visible

Coordinates: 43°50′43.51″N 10°30′40.68″E / 43.8454194°N 10.5113°E / 43.8454194; 10.5113

The Convent of San Francesco is a church in Lucca, Italy.

The presence of Franciscan monks in Lucca was already attested in 1228, and the new religious order had just took a prominent role in city life. The church, built out of gravel, is a single classroom with a trussed roof. It was completed in the early 15th century with the inclusion of three presbyterate chapels. The façade, which shows two sides of the portal arche sepulchral, adopted a coat of white limestone, which remained incomplete, and was completed only in the 20th century. The care taken with the interior design, is in parallel with the construction of the complex, which took from the 14th century to the 17th century. After reacquisition by the state in the 19th century, part of the collection of paintings were moved to the museum in Lucca.

Burials

• Luigi Boccherini

External links

• Page at toscana.it (Italian)
• Tourism at the Church of San Francesco