Lucca Cathedral (Cathedral of San Martino)

In the left transept of the cathedral, which is well worth seeing, is the famous tomb of Ilaria del Caretto, who died in childbed in 1405 at the age of 19 as the wife of a nobleman from Lucca. The portrait is made of the finest Carrara marble and is unusually realistic. Her female body is clearly visible under the robe, while she just seems to be asleep. A small dog watches over her feet, a sign of marital fidelity.
The wooden relic Volto Santo in the cathedral is also very famous.

The Church of S. Martino, center of spirituality in Lucca and a fundamental stop on the Via Francigena, was founded in the 6th century by San Frediano, a bishop originally from Ireland, and had already become a cathedral of the ancient SS. John and Reparata.

Over the centuries it underwent several renovations: in 1070 the Bishop of Lucca Anselmo da Baggio, formerly Pope Alexander II, inaugurated the new building in the presence of Matilde di Canossa, which was then enlarged in the 14th and 15th centuries and completed in the 16th century. and 17th century with the chapels of the Sacramento and the sanctuary.
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