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Detail of the parish church and bell tower of the parish church of San Giovanni Battista (old parish church) in Santa Maria del Giudice. The bell tower is made of stone with mullioned windows, and the facade of the parish church is made of white and green limestone with blind arches decorated with bands.

Churches

Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista

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Panorama of the Pieve di San Giorgio di Bancoli and its bell tower, nestled among the vegetation. The bell tower covers the church's façade and has five stories, the lower two blind, followed by two single-lancet windows and two double-lancet windows, and a summit with Guelph merlons. The pre-Apennine mountains are visible in the background.

Churches

Parish Church of San Giorgio in Brancoli

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Church of San Michele in Foro with its bell tower. The lower section has blind arches along the entire perimeter, and a row of loggias at the top. The façade has a gabled profile and is decorated with rows of overlapping loggias, surmounted by a statue of Saint Michael defeating the dragon and two angels playing music. In one corner of the façade is a hanging altar with a statue of the Madonna and Child.

Monuments and Squares

Piazza San Michele

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The façade of the Church of San Francesco is very linear, with a gabled profile and decoration of alternating bands of white and green marble. The lower section features three large blind arches with two lateral arches. The upper section features a rose window.

Monuments and Squares

San Francesco square

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The statue of Maria Luisa of Bourbon in Piazza Napoleone. In the background, the façade of the Palazzo Ducale and the trees surrounding the square.

Monuments and Squares

Napoleon Square

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The jagged outline of the houses in Piazza dell'Anfiteatro stands out against a blue sky. On the left, a small olive branch.

Monuments and Squares

Piazza Anfiteatro

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the profile of the walls of Lucca with the bell tower of San Frediano in the colours of a foggy morning

gardens

Serchio River Park

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The arches of the Nottolini Aqueduct end in a small neoclassical building called the mountain temple. Surrounding it are meadows, and in the background are the hills of Monte Pisano.

gardens

Aqueduct Park

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The central avenue of the Palazzo Pfanner garden, with limestone statues and lemon trees. In the background, the palace façade with large windows and loggias.

Palaces

Pfanner Palace

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The entrance portal of Palazzo Orsetti. The portal is made of pietra serena, in the Doric order, decorated in bas-relief with allegories and mythological figures. On either side of the portal are two large windows with pietra serena frames and grates.

Palaces

Bears Palace

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Ademollo Hall in the Doge's Palace. The floor is Venetian-style, and the walls are frescoed with scenes from the life of Emperor Trajan and a band of natural motifs. On the left wall, Trajan leads his bride Plotilla into the Domus Aurea. On the opposite wall, between two large windows, is the Allegory of Bourbon Constance, who appears triumphant on a chariot drawn by two white horses that trample on the Napoleonic vices: Violence, Envy, and Betrayal.

Palaces

Ducal Palace

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The great beech tree in Lucca's botanical garden in its autumnal garb. A carpet of leaves lies at its feet. In the background, the walls of Lucca.

gardens

Botanical Garden of Lucca

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