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LUCCA
A charming town, birthplace of Giacomo Puccini.
The Renaissance Walls surround the old town and are ideal for a pleasant walk.
The Duomo of San Martino has a Romanesque façade, designed by the Lombard master Guidetto da Como in 1204, It is in white limestone and presents three levels of loggias, supported by richly decorated columns in polychrome marble with reliefs and intarsia. In the side chapels of the interior, there are many works of art, including paintings by Ghirlandaio, Tintoretto, Zuccari, and Fra’Bartolomeo, sculptures by Civitale, and the sarcophagus of Ilaria del Carretto, a masterpiece by Iacopo della Quercia (1408). San Michele in Foro was built on the ruins of an ancient Roman forum and contains a painting by Filippino Lippi.
Among the interesting sights there are: the birthhouse of Giacomo Puccini, Palazzo Pfanner, San Frediano (sumptous interior and reliefs by Jacopo della Quercia) S.Maria Forisportam, the Museo dell'Opera del Diomo, the Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi (paintings by Beccafumi, Pontormo, Tintoretto and others), Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi (hosted in this Renaissance villa), Palazzo and Torre dei Guinigi (this brick tower is sort of a symbol of Lucca; you may climb on the roof which has an centuries-old tree on top and get an unique view), Piazza del Mercato and Via Fillungo, heart of the city.
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