Palazzo Mansi - an outstanding example of Lucca merchant's house, a real house-museum. At the end of the 17th century the then owners of the building have turned it into "a serving house", renovated in dominate while the Baroque style.

Palazzo Mansi - "living" witness of the long history of the family of Muncie, which since the 16th century engaged in agriculture and trade, constantly increasing and improving its state status .  The building of the late 16th century was created by combining pre-existing towers, and in 1616, the year redeemed Auchan Muncie .  Half a century later, the sole heir to Auchan - Raffaello - made a number of further acquisitions, thus becoming the owner of a quarter .  Raffaello wanted the building to be not just an apartment building, but also the working office, and a desire to become dominant in the transformation of the Palazzo .  At the end of the 17th century architect lukkezsky Mazzanti held restoration of the building, making it more spectacular: the ground floor rooms were decorated in a lush baroque style, and get to them can be of monumental stairs .  Other rooms have been converted into summer accommodation, ceilings and vaults frescoed with allegorical images, sends the viewer to the history of the family of Muncie .  However, the facade of the building has retained its Renaissance style - strict and discreet . 

In the second half of the 18th century, new works to expand the Palazzo Mansi have been taken to make the building more modern look. Tapestries and hangings in alcoves have been cleaned, restored living rooms and kitchens - modified. At the same time on the orders of Luigi Mansi loggia on the ground floor it has been expanded, giving inner monumental facade, and with the more harmonious appearance.

In the 18-19 th centuries, the Palazzo Mansi was the center of social life of Lucca, and its owners, Raffaele Mansi and Camilla Parens, have been appointed first minister and maid of honor at the court of Elisa Bonaparte and Felice Bachokki. Raffaello Mansi Orsetti, heir to the whole family fortune, was the first to discover the palace and its art collection to the public. After his death in 1956, the building was sold to the state.

Today in the summer apartments of the Palazzo Mansi, frescoed 17th century, conferences, and in the former warehouses open weaving workshop. An entire wing of the building on the ground floor is given by an art gallery, which exhibits works by Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany, as well as paintings of various schools of art 16-18 centuries.