Statue Of Marie Louise Of Bourbon In Napoleon Square In Lucca, Italy. Editorial Image

Pictured is a Statue of Marie Louise of Bourbon in Napoleon Square in Lucca, Italy. The statue was made by Lorenzo Bartolini. It was part of the renovation of the Ducal Palace and the adjacent square by Lorenzo Nottolini, the Royal Court architect, who between 1817 and 1820, completely renovated the interior decoration of the building and replaced the statue of the Emperor Napoleon in the middle of the piazza, which had been commissioned by his sister Elisa just a few years earlier, with a monument portraying Marie Louise. She ruled the Duchy of Lucca from 1817 to 1824.