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This video presents an exploration of Lucca.Lucca has been known as the "city of 100 churches", due to the presence of many churches in its historic center along with turrets, bell-towers and monumental Renaissance mansions. I hope you enjoy this episode. Please provide feedback or ask questions in the comment section below.

Contents of this Video – Time Codes
0:00 Intro
0:26 Through the Lucca gate and cycling aound the city-wall.
2.44 Piazza Anfiteatro
5:30. Museum of Medieval Torture
7:10. Guinigi Tower
8:32. Torre delle Ore10:24 San Michele in Foro
10:52 Strolling along ‘Medieval Laneways’ and the cost for a return train
ticket.
13:30 Basilica San Martino (Cathedral of Lucca)
14:47 Conclusion

A big thank you to Rob Killen for his great assistance in building my new introduction. Rob's Facebook Profile: [ Ссылка ]

1. Cycling the defensive city-wall.
If you ask anyone in Lucca where to start your tour, the answer will be the same: the Walls. It is only a 4 km ride, but it will give you a chance to see the city from above, and if you have kids, they will love it. During the weekend you will find lots of residents doing the same.The cycle path is a full circle, and there are lots of points you can get down from, to reach all the main tourist attractions.

2. Piazza Anfiteatro
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.

3. Via Fillungo – The best shopping street in Lucca.

4. Museum of Torture
Torture during the Middle Ages was brutal, inhumane, and used for various purposes, including extracting confessions, punishing criminals, and was often associated with religious
Autorities seeking to maintain control or enforce conformity.

5. Guinigi Tower
They planted Holm oaks on its summit to represent rebirth and renewal. The Guinigi Tower was built in the second half of the fourteenth century by the Guinigis, a rich merchant family. It's one of the few remaining towers in Lucca, a city which in the fourteenth century was crammed with these ancient skyscrapers.

6. Torre delle Ore
This Tower, dating back to the 13th century, was once owned by prominent families of Lucca. The Torre delle Ore in Lucca stands tall at 50 meters, making it the tallest among the 130 towers built in the city since Medieval times. Located centrally on via Fillungo, at the corner with via dell’Arancio, it remains one of the only two surviving towers, the other being Torre Guinigi.

7. San Michele in Foro
San Michele in Foro is in the historic centre of Lucca and is an ancient church that goes back to the Roman era. Its existence has been documented since 795 but the current building was commissioned by Pope Alexander II in 1070. 

8. Walk through ‘medieval laneways’ & what does it cost by train from
Florence?
Lucca, one of Tuscany's main towns and one of the most fascinating and best-preserved medieval cities in Italy: with great honour for its historical and cultural memory, which it carefully preserves, it captivates visitors with its picturesque alleys, squares and characteristic churches.

8. Basilica San Martino (Cathedral of Lucca)
Located in a secluded location of the old city center. If you follow the main street called Il Fillungo, or enter in through the walls at the entrance right in front of the train station, you will easily find it. The Cathedral was built during the sixth century, at that period the most central and important areas (from an urbanistic point of view) were already too congested.  In fact it was only later that the more famous square of San Michele, in the heart of the city center, would be chosen for the construction of the church bearing the same name.

Below are links to relevant earlier Florence Episodes.

A Relaxing Walk in Florence with a Sprinkle of Historyhttps://youtu.be/ndwt7_-qC2w?si=vDkyCTI_2UzqgyGt

Tuscany, Italy. A Tour in the Car - Monteriggionihttps://youtu.be/WthNcmgZQPI?si=l58PxjwKgtWSgsrk


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I hope you enjoy this Day Trip to Lucca from Florence.

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