Above: Lucca, Italy’s Piazza dell’Anfiteatro. © Geobia / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

Create a residence that endures the changes in your life.

               — Steve Chambers, A.I.A.

Founded in 108 B.C., Lucca holds the remains of a preserved Roman amphitheater, incorporated in buildings bordering the present day Piazza dell’Anfiteatro. The elliptic shape of the ancient arena is the result of a 19th century restoration that permits us to appreciate the volume and the general outline of the ancient monument. Through it all, the tasks of daily life continue.

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