Lucca

Hidden gems and monuments in Lucca

Lucca’s architectural landscape features a blend of Romanesque, Gothic, and Baroque styles. This collection highlights the 14th-century Guinigi Tower, notable for the holm oaks growing atop its summit, and the San Michele in Foro, a basilica built over the city's ancient Roman forum. The list also includes the gray marble Cathedral of St Martin, the Baroque gardens of Pfanner Palace, and the Monumento ai Caduti, a tribute to those fallen in war located near the historic city walls.

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San Michele in Foro

San Michele in Foro is a Roman Catholic basilica church in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy, built over the ancient Roman forum.

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Cathedral of St Martin

Dedicated to St Martin, this beautiful gray marble cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Lucca.

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Guinigi Tower

The Torre Guinigi is a tower in Lucca in the region of Tuscany, central Italy.

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Pfanner Palace

Palazzo Pfanner is a palace and a garden in Lucca, Italy, now converted into a museum of art and artifacts.

Monumento ai Caduti

Located in Piazza della Vittoria, this bronze and stone war memorial was inaugurated in 1930. Sculpted by Alfredo Angeloni, the monument commemorates Lucca’s citizens who died during World War I and is situated near the city's historic Renaissance walls.