Monastery-Sanctuary of St. Gemma (Monastero-santuario di Santa Gemma Galgani), Lucca

The Monastery-Sanctuary of Saint Gemma is also known as the Monastery of Passioniste. It is located outside the Walled City of Lucca. The Monastery is dedicated to Saint Gemma Galgani who lived there. She had a vision of Christ who told her about the new monastery. So in 1935, architect Italo started working on the structure and after the war, the construction was completed. The bell-dome seems to be an inspiration by the Berlin Cathedral. Inside there is an altarpiece and two mosaics that are made by Primo Conti.

Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Geobia.

Want to visit this sight? Check out these Self-Guided Walking Tours in Lucca. Alternatively, you can download the mobile app "GPSmyCity: Walks in 1K+ Cities" from Apple App Store or Google Play Store. The app turns your mobile device to a personal tour guide and it works offline, so no data plan is needed when traveling abroad.

Download The GPSmyCity App

Create Your Own Self-Guided Walk to Visit This Sight

Sight Name: Monastery-Sanctuary of St. Gemma (Monastero-santuario di Santa Gemma Galgani)
Sight Location: Lucca, Italy (See walking tours in Lucca)
Sight Type: Religious

Walking Tours in Lucca, Italy

Create Your Own Walk in Lucca

Creating your own self-guided walk in Lucca is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.

Lucca's City Wall and Gates

As one of Italy's Città d'arte's (arts towns), Lucca is famous, among other things, for its well-preserved ancient walls encircling the historic center. From about 570 AD until 1847 the city had been the center of the Longobard administration and the capital of old Tuscany, and as such required a defense system to render it an impenetrable fortress.

Back in the Middle Ages, the... view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.7 Km or 2.3 Miles

Lucca Introduction Walking Tour

Lucca is called many things: a city of arts, a city of churches, gardens, towers. Most of all it is known for its walls. From Roman times until now the walls have stood. It is the only city in Italy that has kept its walls intact.

The inner walled city is laid out in the ancient Roman grid plan. The Piazza San Michele is the site of the old forum. Bits of the Roman amphitheater can be found in... view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.9 Km or 1.8 Miles

Puccini's Lucca

One of the greatest musical talents of mankind, Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, was born and spent a substantial part of his life in the Tuscan city of Lucca. Today the legacy of Puccini resonates all over the world and even more so here.

Puccini's ancestors, also musicians, moved to Lucca in 1719. The future maestro was born in a house that had belonged to his family since 1815 – Casa... view more

Tour Duration: 1 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 1.5 Km or 0.9 Miles