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\n <\/span>Historical Background<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tThe \ud835\udde3\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6 family , who had settled in Lucca in the first half of the 18th Century, moved to \ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude07\ud835\uddfc in \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff4\ud835\udfed\ud835\udff1, after the sudden and premature death of \ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc \ud835\udde3\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6, Giacomo's grandfather. This was probably the wish of Domenico's young widow, \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude02\u0300, so that she could be closer to her brother Arcangelo, who lived on the first floor of the same building. The Cer\u00f9 family would play an important role in Giacomo's upbringing. In fact, \ud835\udde1\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfc, \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddfc's son, provided him with moral and material support. At the time of the transfer, the family consisted of the old \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfc, Giacomo's great-grandfather, his wife \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddee \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf6, their daughter Angela, \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude02\u0300, and her children Giacomo (who died young), Chiara, and Michele, Giacomo's father, and a servant.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” row_content_width=”grid” el_class=”eltdf-workflow-custom-alignment”][vc_column]

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1858<\/div>\n
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1858<\/div>\n The family context<\/span>\n

The home of a family of musicians<\/h2>\n Giacomo Puccini was born in this house on 22 December 1858 and was also baptised there the following day, with special permission, perhaps because he was in danger of dying. He was given the names of all his musical ancestors: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele (and Secondo Maria), to summarise the entire family tradition.
\nAt the time of his birth, the house was inhabited by his parents, Michele and Albina Magi, his grandmother Angela Cer\u00f9, his sisters Otilia, Tomaide (the third-born, Temi, had lived less than a year), Maria Nitteti, Iginia, and a \u201cservant\u201d, Assunta Menconi. A year later, another sister, Ramelde, was born, another \u201cservant\u201d, Carola Martinelli, was hired, and later Macrina was born and finally, after the death of his father, Michele Jr.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1864-1884<\/div>\n The training rooms<\/span>\n

The legacy<\/h2>\n It is in this house that Giacomo lives \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddfd\ud835\ude06 \ud835\ude06\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf1, until the death of his father Michele on January 23, 1864, and \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf2 and \ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf9\ud835\ude06 \ud835\ude06\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5, during which his mother Albina followed the education of all her children with admirable determination, despite having to cope with a very difficult economic situation.
\nEven though in the fall of \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff4\ud835\udff4\ud835\udfec Giacomo moved to \ud835\udde0\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfc to continue his studies at the \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude06, this is still his home.
\n\ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddf3\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddee \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udddd\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf9\ud835\ude06 \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff3, \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff4\ud835\udff4\ud835\udff0, \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude04\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude01. By then, Giacomo and Michele Jr. were living mainly in Milan, and their sisters had all married (except for Iginia, who had become a nun). The property passed to Giacomo and Michele Jr., since their sisters had renounced their inheritance in favor of the sons.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1889-1894<\/div>\n Real estate developments<\/span>\n

Sale and repurchase<\/h2>\n In \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfd\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff4\ud835\udff4\ud835\udff5, due to economic difficulties, Giacomo and Michele Jr. decided to move to London. \ud835\udde5\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddfc \ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6, but they have a special clause inserted into the contract, that \ud835\uddf4\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\uddda\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc \ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\udde0\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude01\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude01\ud835\ude06 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc \ud835\uddef\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude06 \ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddef\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf8.
\nMore than once, in his letters to his brother Michele, who had meanwhile emigrated to South America, Giacomo recalls: ``\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf8 \ud835\uddee\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddff \ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff \ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udddf\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddee``. However, it was only after the great success of \ud835\ude48\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude63\ud835\ude64\ud835\ude63 \ud835\ude47\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude68\ud835\ude58\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude6a\ud835\ude69 in 1893 that Puccini was able to make use of the special clause, despite Raffaello's resistance, which is evident from some of the composer's letters:
\n'I am truly sorry that the house where I was born is being sold to others' 'I will reclaim my house as soon as possible. I am sorry to have to write against your wishes, but my affection for my native roof makes me rude to you\u2018 and again \u2019I care about the four cracked walls, the warped beams, even the rubble of my house, and I beg you not to insist any further on this matter because you would upset me. I will redeem my house, you can be sure of that`` \u2018I love where my parents were born, and for all the gold in the world, I would not give up my father's roof.\u2019 Finally, \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfd\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \ud835\udfee\ud835\udfed\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01, \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff4\ud835\udff5\ud835\udff0 Giacomo (Michele Jr. had died prematurely in 1891) \ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude00 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfd\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A strong bond<\/h2>\n The house continued to be rented out, however, and Puccini, who was often away, relied on the \ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6 \ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfa\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf3, \ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00 \ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \ud835\udde5\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff \ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddfc \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6 to follow the various \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf0\ud835\ude06 \ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01\ud835\ude00 and the normal \ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude04\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf8, including condominiums.
\nHere is what he wrote to Ramelde a few years later:
\n'As for the house, do as you see fit. But since Raffaello might come to stay with me for a week, now that he is passing through Lucca, on his way back he could take a look at the house and the builder, etc. There is not much work to be done and, as for the kitchen beam, I think it will last for centuries. I have seen it. The house needs cleaning and the kitchen floor and passageway urgently need repairs. The problem is the stairs and the loggia. Raffaello needs to come to an agreement with the neighbours and have the plaster scraped off the stairs so that they can be whitewashed; and all those tools (who do they belong to and who put them there? Perhaps the cooper?) that are in the loggia. It is indecent and, if they do not want to remove them, we must have them removed by the competent authority. There are windows: (some) need to have their glass replaced'.
\nDespite his great love for this house, Puccini never lived there again.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1924-1979<\/div>\n The Museum is born<\/span>\n

The house after the Maestro's death<\/h2>\n Upon Puccini's death, ownership passed to his son Antonio (with Elvira retaining usufruct), then, upon Antonio's death (1946), to his wife, Rita Dell'Anna.
\nIn \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff5\ud835\udff3\ud835\udff0, crowning a series of initiatives by the Municipality of Lucca \u2013 mainly the \ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddda\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc \ud835\udde3\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6 \ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb \ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff5\ud835\udff3\ud835\udfef \u2013 \ud835\udde5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddee \ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9\u2019\ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddee donates his birthplace to be transformed into a museum.
\nThe museum, set up by the Giacomo Puccini Foundation with furnishings, paintings, documents and memorabilia donated separately by Rita Dell 'Anna, \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udfee\ud835\udff4 \ud835\udde2\ud835\uddf0\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff5\ud835\udff3\ud835\udff5.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Since 2004<\/div>\n A brand new museum<\/span>\n

The Birthplace Museum today<\/h2>\n Since then, the museum remained open, with brief periods of closure, until autumn 2004, when the Giacomo Puccini Foundation launched a restoration and refurbishment project, the main objectives of which were to restore the original layout of the rooms and recover the decorative elements on the walls.
\nWith the ruling that assigned ownership of the property and the collection contained therein to Simonetta Puccini, the work was interrupted (end of 2005).
\nAt the end of 2010, the Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Foundation purchased the property and the collection. At the same time, it decided to entrust the museum to the Giacomo Puccini Foundation and to finance the completion of the interrupted work and the new layout,
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\n <\/span>First phase of restoring the original rooms<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1679912805836{padding-bottom: 8px !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-10 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”dueColonne”]The house was completely whitewashed, without false ceilings, and with a visitor route that made it impossible to understand the layout of the rooms and their functions.
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From the sparse descriptions found in Giacomo’s letters, it was impossible to understand the tone of the house, even though the old floor plans suggested an elegant apartment.
\nWe decided to start a campaign of tests on the walls, which we believed must have preserved some decorations. We were greatly surprised to see that, room after room, decorative elements from various periods appeared under the whitewash, but all attributable to the period in which the Maestro lived. This confirmed our hypotheses about the functions of the various rooms in the house, finding absolute correspondence with the words written in the Maestro’s letters.<\/p>\n

Access to the apartment was thus restored in the hall as it was in Giacomo’s time, and this richly painted room from the early 19th century immediately gives us an idea of the decorative style of the house, which, as can be seen today, was very elegant.<\/p>\n

During the cleaning work, some cracks appeared, prompting us to carry out a structural survey of the walls and floors, which unfortunately revealed a very serious situation affecting not only the birthplace but the entire building. A project to consolidate the building was drawn up by the engineering firm of Stefano Caramelli, which halted the restoration work on the decoration and refurbishment in order to give priority to dismantling the floors, consolidating the beams and installing chains to restore solidity to the perimeter walls, which were in danger of collapsing.<\/p>\n

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\n <\/span>The interruption of the redevelopment work<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1679912805836{padding-bottom: 8px !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-10 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”dueColonne”]At the end of the aforementioned works and during the restoration of the dismantled floors, the works had to be interrupted due to a court ruling that established the transfer of ownership from the Giacomo Puccini Foundation to the Maestro’s granddaughter, Simonetta Puccini.<\/p>\n

A few years later, she transferred ownership to the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, which had already contributed to financing the work carried out on the house up to that point, and which renewed the commission to the author in order to complete the refurbishment.<\/p>\n

Work thus resumed, the flooring was completed, the toilets were redone and the restoration of the decoration was completed.<\/p>\n

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\n <\/span>The reopening of the museum after its acquisition by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1679925153100{padding-bottom: 150px !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-10 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”dueColonne”]The decision to reopen two blocked-up doors and rebuild a wall demolished in the mid-twentieth century completed the faithful reconstruction of the Maestro’s house, which we furnished with appropriately restored furniture that belonged to the Puccini family. integrating the reconstruction of the rooms with new elements such as stained glass windows that transform two rooms into veritable exhibition spaces, bringing some of the display cases already present in the old layout up to standard and creating completely new ones to be placed in the two rooms dedicated to the exhibition of documents. Adjacent to the house is a modest room created in the mezzanine, serving the kitchen, where the attic from La Boh\u00e8me has been reconstructed, thanks also to the active collaboration of the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca.<\/p>\n

In rearranging the house, we distributed the family’s furniture throughout the rooms according to their historical use: dining room, bedroom, kitchen, etc. We also arranged for the curtains to be replaced, choosing them according to the rooms, the colours of the decorations and the style of the period, thus completing the reconstruction of this residence, which today, in addition to displaying the collection of precious manuscripts, rare Puccini memorabilia and an exhibition of excellent portraits of the Puccini family, allows us to understand where the Maestro lived in his younger years.<\/p>\n

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