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* 85,000. n Piazza Santa Maria
35 (0583 91 99 31). ( 3rd Sun
of month (antiques), Wed, Sat.
_ 12 Jul: Palio della Balestra;
Jul: Lucca Summer Festival;
13 Sep: Luminara di S. Croce.
∑ luccaturismo.it
Transport
V Piazza Ricasoli.
V I A B U I A
@ Piazzale Verdi.
Anfiteatro
Romano and
tourist information
V I A S A N T ’ A N D R E A
Torre dei Apostles from the mosaic on the façade of San Frediano
Guinigi
V I A S A N T ’ A N A S T A S I O V I A G U I N I G I Piazza San Frediano. Open daily. P Casa Natale di Puccini
painting of Saints Helena, Jerome,
R San Frediano
Sebastian and Roch by Filippino
San Frediano’s striking façade
Lippi (1457–1504).
features a colourful 13th-century
mosaic, The Ascension, a fine
V I A S A N T E C R O C E
Corte San Lorenzo 9. Tel 0583 58 40
prelude to the church’s
28. Open May–Sep: 10am–7pm daily;
wonderfully atmospheric inter ior.
Pride of place goes to a splendid
Nov–Feb: 10am–1pm, 3–5pm Wed–
Romanesque font on the right,
Mon. Closed 25 Dec. &
its sides carved with scenes from
The fine 15th-century house in
the Life of Christ and the story Mar, Apr & Oct: 10am–6pm Wed–Mon;
of Moses. Note the scene of which Giacomo Puccini (1858–
V I A S A N T E C R O C E
P I A Z Z A
Moses and his followers (dressed 1924) was born is now a shrine
Villa Bottoni as medieval knights) as they to the great opera composer.
D E L S E RYI
Pinacoteca pass through the divided Red It contains portraits of Puccini,
V I A D E L L ’ A R C I V E S C O V A D O Giardino Botanico (1508–9) tell the story of Lucca’s compose his last opera, Turandot.
Nazionale
costume designs for his operas
Sea. In the second chapel in the
and the piano he used to
north aisle, Aspertini’s frescoes
precious relic, the Volto Santo –
V I A A . V A L L I S N E R I
P Via Fillungo
a carving said to date from the
P I A Z Z A
time of the Crucifixion. The fine
Lucca’s principal shopping street
A N T E L M I N E L L I
winds its way through the heart
altarpiece (1422) in the fourth
of the city towards the Anfiteatro
chapel of San Frediano’s north
aisle is by Jacopo della Quercia.
several shops with Art Nouveau
R San Michele in Foro Romano. Its northern end has
ironwork; halfway down lies the
Piazza San Michele. Open daily. deconsecrated church of San
Built on the site of the old Roman Cristoforo, built in the 13th
forum (foro), San Michele’s rich century, with a lovely interior.
mixture of twisted marble
columns and Cosmati work (inlaid
marble) adorns one of the most
exuberant Pisan-Romanesque
façades in Tuscany. Built between
the 11th and 14th centuries, its
decoration is over whelmingly
. San Martino pagan. Only the huge winged
Lucca’s beautiful 11th-century figure of St Michael on the
Duomo is one of the outstanding pediment marks this out as a
examples of the exuberant church. The interior has little of One of the many bars and shops along
Pisan-Romanesque style. interest except for the beau tiful Via Fillungo
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