House in Lucca

The house stands on its hill miraculously suspended on a beautiful overlook; surrounded by natural vegetation of the Versilian hills, overlooking the plain below, and the sunset gleam of Puccini’s lake (Massaciuccoli), the canals, the sea. On clear winter days, you can see the islands of Gorgona and Capraia, and sometimes the distant outline of Corsica. The building, an old farm probably used in ancient times by pilgrims along the Via Francigena, presents a clear and simple construction, part o...