IT WAS EVENING outside the walled Renaissance city of Lucca. The geometric outlines of the church of Santa Maria Assunta were fading in the distance, blending with the hillside’s dusky blue.

The Villa is located below the church of Santa Maria Assunta; in front of the sea at a depth of 10 meters. The villa is considered the largest archaeological discovery in the Amalfi Coast ...

The Villa Giulietta offered a tranquil escape ... offers what is arguably the best view in town with sweeping views of the Santa Maria Assunta’s twinkling church dome, the vast Mediterranean ...

On an island that once rivaled Venice for dominance of the lagoon, the Church of Santa Maria Assunta contains stunning Byzantine mosaics. When barbarian hordes swept across Italy after the fall of ...