Santa Maria Forisportam, Lucca

A church at the site was present by the 12th century, when it was enclosed inside the walls of Lucca.

[1] The church was affiliated with the Canonici Regolari of San Salvatore di Bologna in 1512.

[2] A sun-clock or meridian a camera oscura is engraved in the pavement of the church.

The inside hosts a St Lucy and Assumption canvases by Guercino.

[4] It also houses a Coronation of the Virgin (1659) by Girolamo Scaglia and a Trinity with Sts Francis and Jerome by Alessandro Ardenti.