9 Sights in Lucca, Italy (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Lucca, Italy. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 9 sights are available in Lucca, Italy.

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1. Piazza Anfiteatro

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Piazza dell'Anfiteatro is a public square in the northeast quadrant of the walled center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The ring of buildings surrounding the square follows the elliptical shape of the former second century Roman amphitheater of Lucca. The square can be reached through four gateways located at the four vertices of the ellipse. A cross is carved into the central tile of the square with the arms pointing to the four gateways of the square.

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2. Torre Guinigi

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Torre Guinigi

The Torre Guinigi is a tower in Lucca in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. It is a typical example of local Romanesque-Gothic architecture. The height of the tower is 45 metres (148 ft) with a total of 233 steps to reach the top.

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3. Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi

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The Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi is one of the two main art museum hosting tapestry collections and mainly post-19th century art collections owned by the city of Lucca, Italy. The collection is displayed in the Baroque palace, formerly belonging to the Mansi family, and located in central Lucca. Many of the original room decorations remain in place.

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4. Porta Santi Gervasio e Protasio

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Porta San Gervasio is a gate of the old walls of Lucca, almost completely demolished with the construction of the Renaissance walls, the latter still visible today. Of the four doors of this 18th century circle remains only, besides the Porta San Gervasio, the door of the villages positioned at one of the ends of via Fillungo.

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5. Palazzo Cenami

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The Palazzo Cenami is a Renaissance-style palace located on Via Santa Croce in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The palace was designed in 1530 by Nicolao Civitali. Some attribute the palace's Florentine style of architecture to Agostino Marti in 1501.

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6. San Michele in Foro

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San Michele in Foro is a Roman Catholic basilica church in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy, built over the ancient Roman forum. Until 1370 it was the seat of the Consiglio Maggiore, the commune's most important assembly. It is dedicated to Archangel Michael.

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7. San Quirico in Monte San Quirico

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The church of San Quirico in Monte San Quirico or San Quirico in Monticello is a church in Lucca located in a panoramic position on Monte San Quirico, in Via della Chiesa 384. Formerly annexed to a Benedictine monastery of the Casadeian Congregation.

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8. Chiesa di San Giusto di Brancoli

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The church of San Giusto di Brancoli gives its name to the hilly hamlet of the same name in Lucca, although the parish covers a larger territory: the lower Brancoleria, Vinchiana and the industrial area of Piaggione.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giusto di Brancoli (IT)

9. Mercato del Carmine

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The Mercato del Carmine, once the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, is a historic building in Lucca, located in the center, between Via del Carmine, Via San Gregorio, Via Antonio Mordini and Piazza del Carmine.

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