Lucca - Fractions, Main sights

43º50N 10º30E, pop (2001e) 85 000. Capital town of Lucca province, Tuscany, NW Italy; in the Serchio R valley; Roman colony here (c.180 BC); town centre lies within a system of red brick walls; birthplace of Giacomo Puccini; archbishopric; railway; sports stadium; silk, cotton, jute, tobacco, olive oil, pasta, wine; cathedral of St Martin (6th-c) houses a cedar crucifix (the Volto Santo) reputedly brought miraculously to Lucca in 782; many churches; national art gallery in former ducal palace; remains of Roman amphitheatre; monthly antiques and arts/crafts markets; festival of Luminara di Santa Croce (Sep).

For the Chrono Trigger character, see Lucca (Chrono Trigger).

Comune di Lucca
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Lucca (LU)
Mayor	Pietro Fazzi (since May 2002)
Elevation	19 m
Area	185 km²
Population
- Total (as of March 12, 2004)	85,984
- Density	463/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	43°51′N 10°30′E
Gentilic	Lucchesi
Dialing code	0583
Postal code	55110
Frazioni	see list
Patron	St. Paulinus
- Day	July 12
Location of Lucca in Italy
Website: www.comune.lucca.it

Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea.

Republic of Lucca

Lucca was the largest Italian city state with a republican constitution ("comune") to remain independent over the centuries - next to Venice, of course.

Fractions

The municipal territory Lucca includes 81 fractions: Antraccoli, Aquileia, Arancio, Arliano, Arsina, Balbano, Cappella, Carignano, Castagnori, Castiglioncello, Cerasomma, Chiatri, Ciciana, Deccio di Brancoli, Fagnano, Farneta, Gattaiola, Gignano di Brancoli, Maggiano, Massa Pisana, Mastiano, Meati, Monte San Quirico, Montuolo, Mutigliano, Mugnano, Nave, Nozzano, Nozzano San Pietro, Nozzano Vecchia, Ombreglio di Brancoli, Palmata, Piaggione, Piazza di Brancoli, Piazzano, Picciorana, Pieve di Brancoli, Pieve Santo Stefano, Ponte a Moriano, Ponte del Giglio, Ponte San Pietro, Pontetetto, Saltocchio, San Cassiano a Vico, San Cassano di Moriano, San Concordio di Moriano, San Donato, San Filippo, San Gemegnano, San Giusto di Brancoli, San Lorenzo a Vaccoli, San Lorenzo di Moriano, San Macario in monte, San Macario in piano, San Michele di Moriano, San Michele in Escheto, San Pancazio, San Pietro a Vico, San Quirico in Moriano, San Vito, Sant'Alessio, Sant'Angelo in Campo, Sant'Ilario di Brancoli, Santa Maria a Colle, Santa Maria del Giudice, Santissima Annunziata, Santo Stefano di Moriano, Sesto di Moriano, Sorbano del Giudice, Sorbano del Vescovo, Stabbiano, Tempagnano di Lunata, Torre, Torre alla Maddalena, Torre Alta, Tramonte, Tramonte di Brancoli, Vallebuia, Vecoli, Vicopelago, Vinchiana

Main sights

Unusual for cities in the region, the walls around the old town were retained intact as the city expanded and modernized. The ancient Roman amphitheatre Church of San Michele in Foro Basilica di San Frediano Torre delle ore ("Clock Tower") Casa and Torre Guinigi Museo Nazionale Guinigi Museo e Pinacoteca Nazionale Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca, a botanical garden dating to 1820 Palazzo Pfanner

Lucca is the birthplace of composers Francesco Geminiani, Gioseffo Guami, Luigi Boccherini, Giacomo Puccini and Alfredo Catalani.

Lucca hosts the Lucca Summer Festival each year which, in July 2006, saw the likes of Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, Tracy Chapman and Santana play live in the Piazza Napolean.