Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Lucca, Italy

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 4.3 km
Ascend 50 m
Descend 47 m

Experience Lucca in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in LuccaIndividual Sights in Lucca

Sight 1: San Leonardo in Borghi

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The church of San Leonardo in Borghi is a church in Lucca, Italy, located on Via San Leonardo.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Leonardo in Borghi (IT)

102 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Porta dei Borghi

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The Porta dei Borghi is a gate of the ancient walls of Lucca from the medieval period.

Wikipedia: Porta dei Borghi (IT)

240 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Piazza Anfiteatro

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Piazza dell'Anfiteatro is a public square in the northeast quadrant of the walled center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The ring of buildings surrounding the square follows the elliptical shape of the former second century Roman amphitheater of Lucca. The square can be reached through four gateways located at the four vertices of the ellipse. A cross is carved into the central tile of the square with the arms pointing to the four gateways of the square.

Wikipedia: Piazza dell'Anfiteatro (EN)

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Basilica di San Frediano

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Basilica di San Frediano

The Basilica of San Frediano is a Romanesque church in Lucca, Italy, situated on the Piazza San Frediano.

Wikipedia: Basilica of San Frediano (EN)

177 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Palazzo Pfanner

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Palazzo Pfanner is a palace and a garden in Lucca, Italy, now converted into a museum of art and artifacts. Originally known as the Palazzo Controni, the building dates to 1667, and is notable mainly for its fine garden, attributed to Filippo Juvarra, and an interesting external stairway with loggia.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Pfanner (EN), Website

83 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino

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Sant'Agostino is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in the piazza of the same name in central Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Sant'Agostino, Lucca (EN)

91 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Palazzo Tucci

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Palazzo Tucci is an 18th-century palace in central Lucca, Region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Tucci (EN)

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Palazzo Santini

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Palazzo Santini is located in Lucca, in Via Cesare Battisti.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Santini (IT)

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Chiesa di San Salvatore

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Chiesa di San Salvatore Davide Papalini / CC BY-SA 3.0

The church of San Salvatore in Mustiolo is a Roman Catholic church in Lucca, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Salvatore (Lucca) (IT)

143 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa di Santa Maria Corteorlandini

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Santa Maria Corteorlandini is a Baroque- style, Roman Catholic church located on a street of the same name in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria Corteorlandini, Lucca (EN)

344 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa di San Tommaso apostolo

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San Tommaso or San Tommaso in Pelleria is a Romanesque- style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazza of the same name in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Tommaso, Lucca (EN)

238 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Porta San Donato

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Porta San Donato is a gate in the walls of Lucca that faces west.

Wikipedia: Porta San Donato (Lucca) (IT)

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Vecchia porta San Donato

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The Antica Porta San Donato is a gate of the ancient walls of Lucca that faces west.

Wikipedia: Antica Porta San Donato (IT)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Chiesa del Crocifisso dei Bianchi

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Santi Crocifisso dei Bianchi is a Roman Catholic church located on Via del Crocifisso, in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy

Wikipedia: Santi Crocifisso dei Bianchi, Lucca (EN)

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Santa Caterina

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The church of Santa Caterina is a church in Lucca, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Caterina (Lucca) (IT)

166 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa dei Santi Paolino e Donato

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Chiesa dei Santi Paolino e Donato

The Basilica of Saints Paolino and Donato is a church in Lucca, Italy. It has the dignity of a minor basilica.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Paolino e Donato (IT)

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi

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The Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi is one of the two main art museum hosting tapestry collections and mainly post-19th century art collections owned by the city of Lucca, Italy. The collection is displayed in the Baroque palace, formerly belonging to the Mansi family, and located in central Lucca. Many of the original room decorations remain in place.

Wikipedia: Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi (EN), Website

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: San Matteo

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The church of San Matteo is a church in Lucca, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Matteo (Lucca) (IT)

146 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Museo-casa natale di Giacomo Puccini

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The Birthplace of Giacomo Puccini is a historical museum located in Lucca in Corte San Lorenzo, 8.

Wikipedia: Museo-casa natale di Giacomo Puccini (IT), Website

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 20: San Michele in Foro

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San Michele in Foro is a Roman Catholic basilica church in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy, built over the ancient Roman forum. Until 1370 it was the seat of the Consiglio Maggiore, the commune's most important assembly. It is dedicated to Archangel Michael.

Wikipedia: San Michele in Foro (EN)

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 21: Sant'Andrea

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The church of Sant'Andrea is a church in Lucca, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Andrea (Lucca) (IT)

74 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Mercato del Carmine

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The Mercato del Carmine, once the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, is a historic building in Lucca, located in the center, between Via del Carmine, Via San Gregorio, Via Antonio Mordini and Piazza del Carmine.

Wikipedia: Mercato del Carmine (IT)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 23: Sant'Anastasio

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The church of Sant'Anastasio is a church in Lucca, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Anastasio (Lucca) (IT)

110 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: Santa Giulia

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Santa Giulia is Roman Catholic church in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Giulia, Lucca (EN)

132 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 25: San Benedetto in Gottella

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San Benedetto in Gottella is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located on piazza Bernardin in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church is located on Piazza Bernardini, near the Palazzo Bernardini, on the route of the ancient decumanus maximus of Lucca.

Wikipedia: San Benedetto in Gottella, Lucca (EN)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: Palazzo Bernardini

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The Palazzo Bernardini is a Renaissance palace located on the Piazza Bernardini, diagonal from the church of San Benedetto in Gotella in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Bernardini (EN)

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 27: Chiesa di San Cristoforo

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San Cristoforo is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, former Roman Catholic church located on the narrow Via Fillungo in the center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. Now deconsecrated and stripped of its former interior altars and decoration, the chapel served as a memorial for those fallen in the wars..

Wikipedia: San Cristoforo, Lucca (EN)

76 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 28: Palazzo Cenami

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The Palazzo Cenami is a Renaissance-style palace located on Via Santa Croce in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The palace was designed in 1530 by Nicolao Civitali. Some attribute the palace's Florentine style of architecture to Agostino Marti in 1501.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Cenami (EN)

146 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 29: Palazzo Pretorio

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The Palazzo Pretoria is a Renaissance-style civic office building, built mainly during 16th-centuries, located in the Piazza San Michele of central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Pretorio, Lucca (EN)

165 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 30: Chiesa di Sant'Alessandro

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Sant’Alessandro Maggiore is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Sant'Alessandro, Lucca (EN)

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