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Pfanner
Palace in Lucca
During your
walks to the Walls of Lucca you can not help but
notice the beautiful garden of Pfanner Palace
(Palazzo Pfanner),
a building that seems to come directly from a
fairytale from how impressive it is. This is one of
the oldest palaces in the city, once belonging to
the Moriconi family, a powerful family of
local merchants, active in the silk industry.
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The
building dates back to the second half of the seventeenth
century (in 1660 to be exact) and at the end of the same
century, after the fortune turned its back on the
Moriconi, it passed from hand to the Controni
family, and was then purchased in the nineteenth century by
Felice Pfanner, an Austrian entrepreneur, who built a
brewery there. The brewery remained in operation until 1929.
Since the 1990s, the Pfanner family, who still own the
brewery, have decided to open the building and gardens to
the public.
Inside you can enjoy an exhibition of furniture and
decorations from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century
and there is also an area reserved for medical instruments
that belonged to Peter Pfanner, surgeon and mayor of
Lucca between 1920 and 1922.
The
Italian Garden is the highlight of the entire complex,
fascinating and romantic. It is characterized by the
presence of several statues and fountains, suggestive
scenery of magnolia plants, pines and fruit trees (a
beautiful lemon house is poured towards the outer balustrade,
the walls). The garden was probably created during the
eighteenth century by a collaborator of Filippo Juvarra,
one of the greatest Baroque architects of the eighteenth
century. The palace is also known for having been used in
numerous Italian films, including the Marquis del Grillo
with Alberto Sordi (one of the greatest Italian
actors ever).
The opening hours of the Pfanner Palace and its gardens are:
from April to October from 10:00 to 18:00.
Entrance only to the palace or only to the gardens costs €
4.50, there is the possibility to buy the combined ticket
for € 6.
Palazzo Pfanner
via degli Asili, 33
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