Villa Guinigi National Museum

The Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi is the main art museum hosting the pre-modern art collections owned by the city of Lucca, Italy. The museum is located in a refurbished villa completed in 1418 for Paolo Guinigi, ruler of Lucca until 1430. After his death the building was confiscated by the republic, and it has served various purposes over the years. Only in 1924 was ...