Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Lucca, Italy

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Number of sights 50 sights
Distance 8.7 km
Ascend 96 m
Descend 94 m

Experience Lucca in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in LuccaIndividual Sights in Lucca

Sight 1: Oratorio della Madonnina

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

Wikipedia: Oratorio della Madonnina (IT)

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Porta San Pietro

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Porta San Pietro is a gate of the walls of Lucca that looks south.

Wikipedia: Porta San Pietro (Lucca) (IT)

157 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: San Girolamo

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The church of San Girolamo is a church in Lucca located in the street of the same name.

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

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: 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)

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di Sant'Alessandro

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Sant’Alessandro Maggiore is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Sant'Alessandro, Lucca (EN)

165 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 Museum-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

146 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: San Matteo

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The church of San Matteo is a church in Lucca located in the square of the same name.

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

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: 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.

Wikipedia: Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi (EN), Website

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa dei Santi Paolino e Donato

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Chiesa dei Santi Paolino e Donato

The Basilica of Saints Paulinus and Donatus is a church in Lucca, Italy. It has the dignity of a minor basilica.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Paolino e Donato (IT)

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Museo Italiano del Fumetto e dell'Immagine

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The Museum of Comics and Image was a museum in Lucca, located in the former Lorenzini barracks in Piazza San Romano 4.

Wikipedia: Museo del fumetto e dell'immagine (IT), Website

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Palazzo della Magione del Tempio

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Palazzo della Magione del Tempio is located in Piazza della Magione 6 in Lucca.

Wikipedia: Palazzo della Magione del Tempio (IT)

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Santa Caterina

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The church of Santa Caterina is a church in Lucca, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Caterina (Lucca) (IT)

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Chiesa del Crocifisso dei Bianchi

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Santi Crocifisso dei Bianchi is a Roman Catholic church located on Via del Crocifisso, in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy

Wikipedia: Santi Crocifisso dei Bianchi, Lucca (EN)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Vecchia porta San Donato

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The Antica Porta San Donato is a gate of the ancient walls of Lucca that faces west.

Wikipedia: Antica Porta San Donato (IT)

295 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa di San Tommaso apostolo

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San Tommaso or San Tommaso in Pelleria is a Romanesque- style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazza of the same name in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Tommaso, Lucca (EN)

344 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Chiesa di Santa Maria Corteorlandini

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Santa Maria Corteorlandini is a Baroque- style, Roman Catholic church located on a street of the same name in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria Corteorlandini, Lucca (EN)

143 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: 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 Catholic place of worship in Lucca that is located in the square of the same name.

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

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Palazzo Santini

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Palazzo Santini is located in Lucca in via Cesare Battisti.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Santini (IT)

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Palazzo Tucci

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Palazzo Tucci is an 18th-century palace in central Lucca, Region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Tucci (EN)

91 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino

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Sant'Agostino is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in the piazza of the same name in central Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Sant'Agostino, Lucca (EN)

83 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Palazzo Pfanner

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Palazzo Pfanner is a palace and a garden in Lucca, Italy, now converted into a museum of art and artifacts. Originally known as the Palazzo Controni, the building dates to 1667, and is notable mainly for its fine garden, attributed to Filippo Juvarra, and an interesting external stairway with loggia.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Pfanner (EN), Website

177 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 23: 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)

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: 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)

271 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 25: 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)

74 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: Sant'Andrea

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The church of Sant'Andrea is a church in Lucca that is located in the street of the same name.

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

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 27: 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)

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: Chiesa di San Cristoforo

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San Cristoforo is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, former Roman Catholic church located on the narrow Via Fillungo in the center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. Now deconsecrated and stripped of its former interior altars and decoration, the chapel served as a memorial for those fallen in the wars..

Wikipedia: San Cristoforo, Lucca (EN)

76 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 29: 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)

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 30: Chiesa di San Giusto

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San Giusto is a church in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy. Built over a pre-existing church, it dates to the second half of the 12th century. Its titular is the 12th century Italian, Giustino Salce, whence the name "San Giusto".

Wikipedia: San Giusto, Lucca (EN)

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 31: Santi Giovanni e Reparata

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

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Reparata (IT)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 32: Holy Face

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Holy Face

The Temple of the Holy Face is a shrine 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)

4 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 33: San Martino Cathedral

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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), Website, Facebook, Instagram

76 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 34: San Giuseppe

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The church of San Giuseppe is a church in Lucca located in Piazza Antelminelli.

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

143 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 35: San Benedetto in Gottella

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San Benedetto in Gottella is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located on piazza Bernardin in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church is located on Piazza Bernardini, near the Palazzo Bernardini, on the route of the ancient decumanus maximus of Lucca.

Wikipedia: San Benedetto in Gottella, Lucca (EN)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 36: Palazzo Bernardini

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The Palazzo Bernardini is a Renaissance palace located on the Piazza Bernardini, diagonal from the church of San Benedetto in Gotella in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Bernardini (EN)

88 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 37: Santa Giulia

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Santa Giulia is Roman Catholic church in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Giulia, Lucca (EN)

110 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 38: Sant'Anastasio

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The church of Sant'Anastasio is a church in Lucca located in the street of the same name.

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

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 39: 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)

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 40: Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Giuda

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The church of Saints Simon and Jude is a church in Lucca located in Via Guinigi.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Giuda (Lucca) (IT)

10 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 41: 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)

268 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 42: Santa Maria Forisportam

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Santa Maria Forisportam, also called Santa Maria Bianca, is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located on piazza Santa Maria Bianca in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria Forisportam, Lucca (EN)

172 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 43: 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)

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 44: Porta Elisa

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Porta Elisa is a gate in the walls of Lucca that looks east; it takes its name from Elisa Baciocchi Bonaparte.

Wikipedia: Porta Elisa (IT)

459 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 45: Monastero-santuario di Santa Gemma Galgani

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The Santuario di Santa Gemma is a Roman Catholic church-sanctuary devoted to the local saint and mystic Gemma Galgani located on Via di Tiglio outside the medieval walls of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Sanctuary of Santa Gemma, Lucca (EN)

907 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 46: Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi

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The Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi is the main art museum hosting the pre-modern art collections owned by the city of Lucca, Italy.

Wikipedia: National Museum of Villa Guinigi (EN), Website

281 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 47: Chiesa di San Francesco

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San Francesco is a former Gothic-style Roman-Catholic church and monastery located in Piazza San Francesco in central Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. Since its restoration, it is home to IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, a superior graduate school.

Wikipedia: San Francesco, Lucca (EN)

594 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 48: San Pietro Somaldi

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San Pietro Somaldi is a Gothic- style, Roman Catholic church located on a Piazza of the same name, near the location of the old medieval walls, in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Pietro Somaldi, Lucca (EN)

11 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 49: Palazzo Bartolomei

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Palazzo Bartolomei is located in Piazza San Pietro Somaldi in Lucca. It is located close to the bell tower of the church of San Pietro Somaldi and dates back to the sixteenth century.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Bartolomei (IT)

282 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 50: San Leonardo in Borghi

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The church of San Leonardo in Borghi is a church in Lucca located in Via San Leonardo.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Leonardo in Borghi (IT)

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