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Lucca is the most civilized of Tuscany's cities, a stately grid of Roman roads snug behind a mammoth belt of tree-topped battlements. It's home to Puccini and soft pastel plasters, an elegant landscape of churches and palaces, delicate facades, and Art Nouveau shop fronts on wide promenades. The sure lines of the churches here inspired John Ruskin to study architecture, and though the center isn't the traffic-free Eden many other guidebooks would lead you to believe, cars truly are few and far between. Everyone from rebellious teens to fruit-shopping grandmothers tools around this town atop bicycles.
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AttractionsMuseo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi
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Lucca, Italy Distance: 1.1 mi. (from destination center) Description: This museum is worth the admission price if only to see the ridiculously sumptuous tapestries,... Read More Cattedrale di San Martino
Piazza San Martino
Lucca, Italy Distance: 1.7 mi. (from destination center) Description: The facade of Lucca's Duomo is an excellent and eye-catching example of the... Read More Chiesa e Battistero di San Giovanni e Santa Reparata
Piazza San Giovanni
Lucca, Italy Distance: 1.7 mi. (from destination center) Description: The Duomo's Romanesque neighbor has a 16th-century facade and a 12th-century body, but... Read More AirportsMajor Airports near Lucca
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