page_title: Lucca
section_title: Important monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Lucca / Important monuments
caption_attribution_description: eigenes Photo, Juni 2005
context_page_description: Lucca is a city in the Italian region of Tuscany. The city is on the river Serchio in a very fertile plain near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca.
context_section_description: The walls around the old town are intact as the city grew and became more modern. This is unusual for cities in the region. A famous place is the house where Puccini was born. The house is open to the public.
  There are many churches in Lucca:
  Piazza dell'Anfiteatro
  Piazza Napoleone
  Piazza San Michele
  Duomo di San Martino (St Martin's Cathedral)
  Church of San Michele in Foro
  Basilica di San Frediano
  Church of San Giorgio in the locality of Brancoli, built in the late 12th century
  Other sights include:
  The ancient Roman amphitheatre
  The Ducal Palace (The original project was begun by Bartolomeo Ammannati in 1577-1582, and continued by Filippo Juvarra in the 18th century.)
  Torre delle ore ("The Clock Tower")
  Casa and Torre Guinigi
  Museo Nazionale Guinigi
  Museo e Pinacoteca Nazionale
  Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca, a botanical garden dating from 1820
  Palazzo Pfanner
caption: San Michele.
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