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| Lucca | ||
| region | Tuscany | |
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| Residents | 89.243 (2018) | |
| height | 19 m | |
| Tourist info | 39 0583 494401 Tourist Center Lucca | |
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Lucca is a city in the Tuscany, Italy.
background
Map of Lucca
View over Lucca from the tower on the Palazzo Guinigi
the walls of Lucca
Lucca is known for its fortifications from the 16th and 17th centuries, which have been completely preserved to this day. Four gates break through this rampart, on which a tree-lined promenade runs.
getting there
By plane
By being close to Pisa it is advisable to go to the one about 31 km away 1 Pisa airport
(IATA: PPE) to use. It is served by various airlines. From there the train takes about 50 minutes to Lucca.
Due to the immediate location on the motorway 
The one 70 km away may also be offered Florence Airport
(IATA: FLR) at.
By train
The station 2 Stazione Ferroviaria di Lucca is about 400 m south of the old city wall. It offers connections to Pisa, Florence and Viareggio, among others.
By bus
In the street
The highway runs a few kilometers south of Lucca. Lucca is therefore good from Florence (80 km), Bologna (160 km), Genoa (160 km), Milan (280 km) and Verona (280 km) reachable.
mobility
The old city center, which is surrounded by the city wall, has an area of approx. 800 m x 600 m and can be easily explored on foot.
Tourist Attractions
Churches
- 1 Cattedrale di San Martino (Lucca Cathedral, Duomo di San Martino).
The current building dates from the 13th-15th centuries. Century. It is believed that there was a church here as early as the 6th century. The Romanesque style dominates on the outside, while many Gothic elements can be found in the interior. The bell tower belonging to the church is a slim 69 meter high, six-story building. It is not free-standing, but forms a side wall of the vestibule. This is well worth seeing with its relief decorations and the sculpture of St. Martin on horseback, to which the cathedral is also dedicated. Inside, the altarpieces, such as the tomb of Piedro da Noceto, are particularly worth seeing. - 2 Chiesa di San Michele in Foro. The church on the old Roman market square dates from the 12th century. The facade shows a rich variety of structuring in the columns, the gusset zones and the cornices. San Michele in Foro is one of the most magnificent examples of this typical Tuscan design. This enormous variety of shapes also has symbolic meanings in numerous details.
- 3 Chiesa di San Frediano. San Frediano is a Romanesque church. It has had the honorary title of a minor basilica since 1957. It is dedicated to Frediano of Lucca. The church was built at the beginning of the 12th century (1118–1147). The campanile was built from 1112 to 1147. It is not in front of the main facade, but on the east side. Three saints of the Roman Catholic Church are buried in this church.
- 4 Chiesa di San Francesco. The construction of the church, which is consecrated to St. Francis, began in the year of his canonization in 1228 as a Franciscan monastery church. The current impression is determined by the renovations in the 14th and 17th centuries. The facade was created in different centuries. The large rose window is a historicizing work of the 17th century. A number of people are buried in the church, the most famous being Luigi Boccherini.
- 5 Santa Maria Forisportam (Santa Maria Bianca). A church on this site was already there in the 12th century. The church is modeled on the cathedral of Pisa. The exterior remained incomplete, the bell tower was not added until 1619. A sundial or meridian with a camera oscura is engraved on the sidewalk of the church.
- 6 San Giusto (chiesa di San Giusto). The Romanesque church is located in the square of the same name in Lucca. The church was built in the second half of the 12th century on the site of a previous building. The upper part of the main facade is accentuated by strips of black and white marble.
Castles, chateaux and palaces
- Episcopal Palace. The Bishop's Palace is to the west of the cathedral's bell tower. It was also used as a cathedral construction hut and was then rebuilt several times. Nevertheless, elements from the beginning of the 13th century have been preserved.
Buildings
- 7 Palazzo Ducale The Palazo della Provincia takes up the entire west side of the Piazza Napoleone. Construction began in 1578 according to the plans of Bartolomeo Ammanati. From 1805 this was the residence of Elisa Baciocchi, Napoleon's sister.
- 8 Anfiteatro Houses at the old Roman theater, today a very Italian place without any pomp.
- 9 Torre delle Ore Torre delle Ore (Torre dell'Orologio, clock tower)
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Panoramic view of the Piazza dell’AnfiteatroMonuments
Museums
- 10 Museo della Cattedrale, Piazza Antelminelli 5, 5100 Lucca. Tel.: 39 0583 49 05 30, Fax: 39 0583 91 91 75, Email: [email protected]. The small museum was opened in 1994 and shows, among other things, the cathedral treasure.Open: November - March Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sat Sun 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., April - October daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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- 11 Museo del Risorgimento, Cortile degli Svizzeri 6, Palazzo Ducale, 55100 Lucca. Tel.: 39 0583 41 78 94, 39 0583 41 77 91, Email: [email protected]..The museum, which commemorates the Italian unity movement between 1815 and 1870, is located in house number 6 of the Cortile degli Svizzeri, which leads away from Piazza Napoleone.Open: Tue - Sun 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 3 p.m. - 6 p.m., closed on Mondays.
- 12 Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, Via della Quarquonia, 55100 Lucca. Tel.: 39 0583 49 60 33, Fax: 39 0583 49 60 33, Email: [email protected]. Open: Opening times: Tue-Sat 8.30am-7pm, Sun 8.30am-1.30pm
- 13 Palazzo Mansi National Museum (Museo di palazzo Mansi), Via Galli Tassi 43, 55100 Lucca. Tel.: 39 0583 555 70, Fax: 39 0583 31 22 21, Email: [email protected]. Open: Tue - Sat 9.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
Streets and squares
- On the 14 Piazza Napoleone stands that Memorial to Marie-Luise of Bourbon-Parma, the square itself was designed at the beginning of the 19th century. The fact that it is now closed to cars makes it easy to linger here.
- 15 Piazza San Michele
Parks
- 16 Botanical Garden
various
activities
- 1 Terme Bagni di Lucca. Bagni di Lucca is a small Italian municipality with about 6,000 inhabitants, about 30 km north of Lucca. The place is an old, in its time famous thermal bath in the valley of the Lima, a tributary of the Serchio. The thermal springs were already known to the Romans. The springs are all sulfur, sodium and calcareous springs and have temperatures that vary between 54.1 ° C and 36.5 ° C.
shop
The narrow one Via Fillungo runs through large parts of the city center, there are many long-established shops here.
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
Upscale
- 1 Hotel Lucca Locanda Elisa, Via Nuova per Pisa, 1952, 55050 Massa Pisana. Tel.: 39 0583.379737, Email: [email protected].
luxury
- 2 Hotel Villa Casanova Lucca *****, Via Di Casanova di Balbano, 1600, 55100 Lucca (13 km west of Lucca). Tel.: 39 0583 1900648, Email: [email protected].
Noble, luxurious and relaxing boutique hotel in a Tuscan villa from the 17th century in a very quiet location on the mountain slope, embedded in a 360 hectare park with a wide view of the valley. The hotel has a restaurant and bar, wonderful terraces and a pool with a breathtaking view over the valley. All rooms (exclusively suites) are over 60 m² in size.
security
health
Practical advice
- 1 Tourist Center Lucca, Piazzale Ricasoli, 203, 55100 Lucca. Tel.: 39 0583 494401, Mobile: 39 338 8213952, Email: [email protected].
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.comune.lucca.it - Official website of Lucca
- Lucca tourist information site
