Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Lucca, Italy

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 3.3 km
Ascend 43 m
Descend 40 m

Explore Lucca in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in LuccaIndividual Sights in Lucca

Sight 1: Cattedrale di San Martino

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Lucca Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours in Lucca, Italy. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Lucca. Construction was begun in 1063 by Bishop Anselm.

Wikipedia: Lucca Cathedral (EN)

4 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Holy Face

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The Tempietto del Volto Santo is an aedicule inside the cathedral of Lucca. Erected in 1484 by Matteo Civitali (1436-1501), it houses the venerated crucifix known as the Holy Face of Lucca.

Wikipedia: Tempietto del Volto Santo (IT)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Santi Giovanni e Reparata

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The Church of Saints Giovanni and Reparata is a church in Lucca, Italy, located in Piazza San Giovanni.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Reparata (IT)

241 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Teatro del Giglio

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Teatro del Giglio Davide Papalini / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Teatro del Giglio is the historic city theater and opera house located in Piazza del Giglio #13 and #15 in the center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Teatro del Giglio (EN)

206 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Palazzo Ducale

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Palazzo Ducaletetraktys 01:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC) / CC BY 3.0

The Ducal Palace is a palace in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy.

Wikipedia: Ducal Palace, Lucca (EN)

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Palazzo Pretorio

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The Palazzo Pretoria is a Renaissance-style civic office building, built mainly during 16th-centuries, located in the Piazza San Michele of central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Pretorio, Lucca (EN)

146 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Museo-casa natale di Giacomo Puccini

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The Birthplace of Giacomo Puccini is a historical museum located in Lucca in Corte San Lorenzo, 8.

Wikipedia: Museo-casa natale di Giacomo Puccini (IT), Website

252 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: 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.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Cenami (EN)

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Torre Civica delle Ore

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The Torre delle Ore or Torre dell'Orologio is a clock-tower or turret clock located on Via Fillungo in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Torre delle Ore, Lucca (EN)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: 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.

Wikipedia: San Michele in Foro (EN)

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa di San Salvatore

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Chiesa di San Salvatore Davide Papalini / CC BY-SA 3.0

The church of San Salvatore in Mustiolo is a Roman Catholic church in Lucca, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Salvatore (Lucca) (IT)

306 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Basilica di San Frediano

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Basilica di San Frediano

The Basilica of San Frediano is a Romanesque church in Lucca, Italy, situated on the Piazza San Frediano.

Wikipedia: Basilica of San Frediano (EN)

196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: 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.

Wikipedia: Piazza dell'Anfiteatro (EN)

269 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: 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.

Wikipedia: Mercato del Carmine (IT)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Sant'Anastasio

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The church of Sant'Anastasio is a church in Lucca, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Anastasio (Lucca) (IT)

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 16: 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.

Wikipedia: Guinigi Tower (EN)

137 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Oratorio degli Angeli Custodi

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The Oratory of the Guardian Angels is a church in Lucca, Italy.

Wikipedia: Oratorio degli Angeli Custodi (IT)

345 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: 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.

Wikipedia: Porta San Gervasio (IT)

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Santissima Trinità

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Santissima Trinità Davide Papalini / CC BY-SA 3.0

Santissima Trinità is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church in via Elisa in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santissima Trinità, Lucca (EN)

317 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: Porta Elisa

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Porta Elisa is a gate in the walls of Lucca that faces east; it is named after Elisa Baciocchi Bonaparte.

Wikipedia: Porta Elisa (IT)

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