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The executioner's house is a very simple stone building, leaning on one side against the walls of Lucca. It has small, irregular windows and a large door that leads to the basement of the San Salvatore bastion.

Monuments and Squares

Via Francigena Entry Point

The church of San Cristoforo in Via Fillungo has a Romanesque façade in white and green marble and a large rose window in the upper part.

Monuments and Squares

Via Fillungo

glimpse of Torre Guinigi from below between the houses

Dice Towers

Guinigi Tower

From the corner of Arco (the intersection of Via Fillungo and Via Roma), between the tall buildings, a sliver of blue sky with the Torre delle Ore. On the tower, the face of the large eighteenth-century clock and at the top, the covered bell tower and the weathervane bearing the inscription "libertas" (liberty).

Dice Towers

Tower of the Hours

Piazza del Giglio with the facade of the Teatro del Giglio Giacomo Puccini and the statue of Garibaldi

Monuments and Squares

Giglio Theatre

the copper domes of the Sanctuary of Santa Gemma

Churches

Sanctuary of Santa Gemma

Two egrets with open wings play in the lily-covered water of Lake Sibolla.

gardens

Sibolla Lake Nature Reserve

the bronze statue of Giacomo Puccini while, sitting with his back turned, he looks at the Cittadella square

Museums

Puccini Museum

A ray of sunshine illuminates the new parish church of Santa Maria del Giudice. The white marble façade has five blind arches at the base, opening onto three doors. Above are two rows of three blind arches and a small rose window.

Churches

Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta

The apse of the Church of Santo Stefano with its crenellated bell tower, in spring. To the side of the church are three cypress trees, and in front is a field of yellow rhododendrons.

Churches

Parish Church of Santo Stefano

Beyond the gate that opens in the wall of a country villa, there is the Romanesque parish church of Sant'Andrea di Gattaiola with its bell tower. Next to the church is a cypress tree and all around is a meadow.

Churches

Parish Church of Sant'Andrea di Gattaiola

The south side of the parish church of San Leonardo in Treponzio features three long, narrow windows surmounted by small sculpted heads. In front of the building is a small garden with a tree and a baptismal font.

Churches

Parish Church of San Leonardo in Treponzio

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