Volto Santo di Lucca (Holy Face of Lucca) under restoration
Cathedral of San Martino
Piazza San Martino
Lucca, June 2024
"The Holy Face of Lucca (Italian: Volto Santo di Lucca) is an eight-foot-tall (2.4 m), ancient wooden carving of Jesus crucified in the cathedral of San Martino, Lucca, Italy. Medieval legends state that it was sculpted by Nicodemus who assisted St. Joseph of Arimathea in placing Christ in his tomb after the crucifixion. The same legends placed its miraculous arrival in Lucca to AD 782." (Holy Face of Lucca, Wikipedia)
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