Lucca - Palazzo Pretorio

In Via Vittorio Véneto, which runs north from the Piazza Napoleone, is the Palazzo Pretorio, begun in 1492 to the design of Matteo Civitali and completed in Renaissance style in 1589. On the ground floor is a portico with a statue of Matteo Civitali (1893). The palazzo is now occupied by the Pretura, a law court.