Lucca is an Italian city located in the Tuscany region, on the banks of the Serchio River.
It is known for the Renaissance walls that surround the historic center and for the cobbled streets.
The wide tree-lined promenades atop these 16th and 17th-century ramparts are popular, on foot and by bicycle.
The birthplace of the great composer Giacomo Puccini is now a museum.
Famous for its historical monuments, for the historic center unique in preserving structures from various ancient eras and above all for the intact sixteenth-century walls, it is a remarkable Italian city of art.
Officially of Roman origins, but on probable earlier settlements, Lucca, a city of merchants and weavers, maintained its autonomy as an independent state for several centuries until 1799 when the ancient Republic was abolished, following the French conquest by Napoleonic troops. , giving life to the Principality of Lucca and subsequently to the Bourbon Duchy of Lucca.
Closely linked to tourism, it lives a lot thanks to industry and lively medium-small businesses (the paper mills scattered throughout the province are important nationally).
In recent years, good quality wineries have developed especially in the Montecarlo area (D.O.C.) and on the hills surrounding the city.
Lucca
Address: Piazza S. Maria Corte Orlandini
Phone: 0583.442303
Site:
http://www.comune.lucca.it/turismo/visitare_luccaLocation inserted by
Luigi de Marchi