Among the most beautiful and loved cities of art in Tuscany.
The historic center of Lucca is a fortified island surrounded by a wall of over 4 km, dating back to the XVI-XVII century, inside which you can discover a very rich artistic and architectural heritage:
- Piazza dell’Anfiteatro, Roman amphitheater designed by the architect Lorenzo Nottolini.
- Via Fillungo, a narrow street, which also leads to Piazza dell’Anfiteatro, where the most chic shops in the city are located.
- Torre dei Guinigi, tower on the top of which there is a garden from which you have a 360 ° view of Lucca and the Plain of Lucca.
- Cathedral of San Martino, with an asymmetrical facade, houses the Holy Face and the Tomb of Ilaria del Carretto, the work of Jacopo della Quercia.
- the square and the church of San Michele
- Basilica of San Frediano
and so on.
Lucca hosts and organizes important national and international levels including the Lucca Comics & Games and the Lucca Summer Festival.
The first is the most important event dedicated to comics, animation, role-playing games and videogames at an Italian level, and among the main ones at European level.
The second is a music festival, which takes place during the summer, which sees artists from the international scene perform.