Church of San Francesco, Lucca

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 of San Francesco, 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.