Where was the composer and cellist of 18th century Luigi Boccherini born?

Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian, later Spanish, composer and cellist of the Classical era (era of classical music between roughly 1730 and 1820). He is best known for a minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482).

Boccherini was born into a musical family in Lucca, Italy in 1743. He was the third child of Leopoldo Boccherini, a cellist and double-bass player, and Joseph Haydn. Luigi received his first music lessons at age five by his father, who taught him cello, and then continued his studies at age nine with Abbé Vanucci, music director of a local cathedral, at San Martino.

He wrote a large amount of chamber music, including over one hundred string quintets for two violins, viola and two cellos, a dozen guitar quintets, not all of which have survived, nearly a hundred string quartets, and a number of string trios and sonatas. His orchestral music includes around 30 symphonies and 12 virtuoso cello concertos.

Boccherini's style is characterized by Rococo charm, lightness, and optimism, and exhibits much melodic and rhythmic invention, coupled with frequent influences from the guitar tradition of his adopted country, Spain.