In Villa Ada above La Villa there was a beautiful marble sculpture of a young woman. She is The Nymph of the Spas, carved from Carrara marble by Ferdinando Palla.
The villa is very run down. Windows have been broken and there was a danger that the sculpture would be damaged.
She has been moved to the ground floor of the comune building in La Villa, making her much safer and more accessible.
Drop in next time you pass by and take a look.
Bella Bagni di Lucca 
What a beautiful sculpture and what a shame such a gorgeous villa is has been left to ruin. Would love to see a post just on the history of this building.
I can certainly find out more about Villa Ada.
Villa Adda used to belong to the British consul at one stage. He was the one who built the towers
Stunning!
I think she is lovely.
I agree 🙂
Hoping you’ll stop by my blog some time..
It is a beautiful sculpture and it will be better protected now.
She was getting a bit dirty at Villa Ada and we can all visit her now. To get the photo inside Villa Ada I had to crawl through a rose bush.
Naughty Debra, but well done.
Oops, I forgot to mention that the Comune building is the former “Palazzo della Lena”, which belonged to a traditional Bagni di Lucca family and that it is currently in the process of being totally restored. As your photos show it, Debra, it is a perfect location for the statue. I only wish that all these magnificent buildings will be restored.Here is some further information concerning the Palace:
http://www.prolocobagnidilucca.it/pal_com.html
She is lovely. That is so good that she is now safe
It is a much better place for her.
So beautiful so beautiful… I love sculptures in Italy, fascinates me always. Thank you dear Debra, love, nia
If you don’t mind I shared with my followers too 🙂 dear Debra!
http://photographyofnia.com/2014/10/31/marble-beauty-sculpture-in-italy/
Thank you for sharing her Nia.
She is a beauty indeed !
She is quite lovely, I’m glad she was moved to safety.
It is much better that she is in the Comune building where she is safe and accessible.
I occasionally turned my car around outside Villa Ada after dropping off a group of excited children, all destined for the swimming pool just a short distance away. I often wondered why such a beautiful piece of work was left stranded with no one to view it. How old is the sculpture and who was the sculptor? I’m delighted to hear that it has been moved to a more secure location. Presumably the sculptor used a live model to capture the beauty in marble.
It would be fascinating to know who she was.
The sculpture is from the 20th (I can’t find a decade) by Ferdinando Palla. It would be interesting to know who was the model.