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6 Street-by-Street: Lucca
San Frediano In Via Fillungo,
Lucca’s regular grid of streets still follows the pattern Palazzo Pfanner Lucca’s main
of the Roman colony founded in 180 BC. Great, solid shopping street,
ramparts, built in the 16th to 17th centuries, several shop fronts
are decorated with
help to shut out traffic, making the city Art Nouveau details.
a pleasant place to explore on foot. San
Michele in Foro – one of the town’s many A
fine Pisan-Romanesque churches – stands V I A
on the site of the Roman forum (foro), the A L D E R
city’s main square laid out in ancient times.
It is still Lucca’s main square today. V I A C V I A S . L U C I A B U I A

Casa Natale di Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
(1858–1924), com­ P I A Z Z A S A N V I A S A N T ’ A N D R E A
poser of hugely T O M I C H E L E
popular operas, N E V I A F I L L U N G O
including La E
Bohème, was born V R I A V I A R O M A
in this house. I A E
V H
C C
E
B

A V I A S A N T E C R O C E
I
V V I A C E N A M I V I A S A N T ’ A N A S T A S I O
P I A Z Z A N A P O L E O N E V I A S A N T E C R O C E
V I A X X S E T T E M B R E

P I A Z Z A
Piazza Napoleone V I A D E L B A T T I S T E R O D E L S E RYI
This sprawling square is P I A Z Z A
named after Napoleon, D E L G I G L I O V I A D E L D U O M O
whose sister, Elisa V I A A . V A L L I S N E R I
Baciocchi, ruled Lucca Railway
from 1805 to 1815. station P I A Z Z A S A N P I A Z Z A V I A D E L L ’ A R C I V E S C O V A D O
M A R T I N O
A N T E L M I N E L L I
. San Michele
in Foro
The extraordinary
Pisan­Romanesque
façade (11th to 14th
century) has three tiers
of twisted or carved
columns, each one
different from the rest.
San
Giovanni
The Museo
dell’Opera del
Key Duomo features
treasures removed
Suggested route
from San Martino.
0 metres 300
0 yards 300
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp569–73 and pp590–96

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