The place was noted for the first time in an official document of 983 AD as "Corsena", with reference to a donation by the Bishop Teudogrimo of the territory of Bagni di Lucca to Fraolmo of Corvaresi.

Their leader Alboin occupied the whole Serchio Valley for many years, building guard towers that were later converted to churches.

[citation needed] Between the 10th and 11th centuries, the village became a feudal property of the Suffredinghi, then the Porcareschi, and later the Lupari families.

Bagni di Lucca with its thermal baths reached its greatest fame during the 19th century, especially during the French occupation.

At the Congress of Vienna (1814), the Duchy of Lucca was assigned to Maria Luisa of Bourbon as ruler of Parma.

[4] Bagni de Lucca continued as a popular summer resort, particularly for the English, who built a Protestant church there.

[7] During the German invasion of Italy in the 1940s, Bagni di Lucca was occupied along with many other towns along the Gothic Line in the Apennines.

In all cases, the springs give off carbonic acid gas and contain lime, magnesium and sodium products.

More Renaissance works hang in the parish church of San Paolo a Vico Pancellorum, which dates back to the year 873.

[3] The English Protestant church has been converted to the Bagni di Lucca Biblioteca (library), holding archives and records dating back several centuries.

The small English cemetery, recently restored, provides a final place of rest for the many foreign Protestant visitors who died in Bagni di Lucca.

The local economy is mainly based on tourism, attracted to the thermal springs, the historic architecture, and numerous quality hotels.

Like many towns in Italy though, business has not been so great in Bagni di Lucca and local industries are moving to bigger areas and metropolises such as Milan.

The population of the area is somewhat stable and the countryside is very quiet; tourism is and probably will be for a while the main source of income for Bagni di Lucca businessmen and workers.