San Romano is a deconsecrated

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Church located on Piazza San Romano in the center of

Lucca Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957. Lucca is known as one o ...

, region of

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, Italy. It stands adjacent to the

Ducal Palace of Lucca The Ducal Palace (Italian: ''Palazzo Ducale'') is a palace in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy. History The palace is located on the site of the Fortezza Augustan, the residence of condottiero Castruccio Castracani, where also was his palace, perhap ...

. The church was erected by the Dominican order in the second half of the 13th century with bricks from the razed Augusta fortress. Inside is the tomb of San Romano, built in 1490 by

Matteo Civitali Matteo Civitali (1436–1501) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, painterThe only known painting attributed to Matteo, a triptych of the ''Virgin and Child with Saints Michael Archangel, John the Baptist, Biagio and Peter'', execut ...

. The church once held altarpieces by

Fra Bartolomeo Fra Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo (, , ; 28 March 1472 – 31 October 1517), also known as Bartolommeo di Pagholo, Bartolommeo di S. Marco, and his original nickname Baccio della Porta, was an Italian Renaissance painter of religious subjects. ...

. The elegantly decorated interior nave is presently used as an auditorium.Comune of Lucca
Auditorium San Romano.

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