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Lucca, one of the pearls of Tuscany, is the capital of the province of Lucca and has 85,000 inhabitants.. <9> It is located about 20km northeast of Pisa and 20km east of the coast.. Lucca boasts beautiful Romanesque churches, medieval buildings (towers) and fortifications.. <9> <9> <994/1148274> <994/1005823> <994/1148292> <994/1148291> <9> <982> <9> Historical: <9> <9> * initial mention of the place unclear between 218 and 180 BC. Chr., At the same time foundation with Pisa <9> * Stadtwerdung 90 v. Chr.. Chr by the Lex Julia <9> * 56 v. Chr.. Julius Caesar, famous meeting with Pompey and Crassus <9> * ducal residence town under the Longobards, containing the coin privilege <9> * 13th century.. Lucca gains wealth and power through his textile industry, especially silk <9> * 1316 Castruccio Castracani makes tyrannical leadership Lucca the leading city in Italy <9> * 1328 Castruccio Castracani dies <9> * early 14th century.. political turmoil, silk weavers and dyers flee to Venice <9> * 1799/1800 the Republic of Lucca is forced into a French-style democracy <9> * 1805 Napoleon abolishes democracy and declares Lucca a duchy in favor of his sister Elisa Bonaparte and her husband Félix Baciocchi <9> * 1814/1915 Congress of Vienna, Lucca becomes the plaything of the powers (France and Austria) <9> * 1861 Connection with the unitary state of Italy <9> <9> <994/1148290> <994/1148289> <994 / 1148284> <994/1148285> <9> <982> <9> Sights <9> <9> * San Martino Cathedral, Piazza San Martino, 12th century, Romanesque <9> * Chiesa di San Francesco, Piazza San Francesco whose floor is used as an intermediate floor to the underlying walkable foundations <9> * Chiesa di San Michele in Foro, Piazza San Michele <9> * Chiesa di San Frediano, Piazza San Frediano, since 1958 minor <9> * Piazza Napoleone, also simply called Piazza Grande <9> * Piazza San Michele, many cafes and the Chiesa. di San Michele in Foro <9> * Torre delle Ore, clock tower in Via Fillungo, corner of Via dell´Arancio <9> * Birthplace of the composer Giacomo Puccini, Via di Pogio.. The Italian state has awarded the house, now a museum, with the birthplaces of Gioachino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi the European Heritage Label.. <9> * Complete city walls with fortifications from 1650 <9> * Piazza dell ´Anfiteatro - Houses on the remains of the ancient Roman amphitheater <9> * Museo Nazionale Guinigi, Via della Quarquonia <9> * Museo e Pinacoteca Nazionale, Via Galli Tassi 43 <9> * the beautiful Palazzo Pfanner, Via degli Asili 33, is a clothing museum with garments from the 18th century to the present day, as well as a beautifully landscaped park.. <9> * Torre Guinigi, Via S. Andrea, one of the most important monuments of Lucca <9> <982> <9> Of course, modern Lucca is an Eldorado for strollers and willing to shop.. You will be spoiled for choice between boutiques that best meet the Italian bella figura aspirations and ceramics, wine, souvenir shops, handicrafts, textile art, antiques and much more.. <9> <9> <994/1148286> <994/1148287> <994/1148288> <994/1148283> <9> <982> <9> Do not miss the weekly markets in Lucca or the surrounding area: <9 > <9> * Camaior Friday <9> * Bagni di Lucca: Wednesday <9> * Lucca: Wednesday <9> * Lucca: Saturday <9> * Bagni di Lucca: Saturday <9> * Viareggio: Thursday <9> * Pisa: Wednesday <9> * Pisa: Saturday <9> * Ponsacco: Wednesday <9> * Peccioli: Monday <9> <9> <994/1148282> <994/1148281> <994/976344> <994/976345>