27. Lucca - the town

Lucca is a beautiful town, which was a Roman colony founded in 180 BC. The magnificent walls were built in the 16th to 17th century. Big, fat walls, still entirely intact. Lucca is a great city for walking and bike riding - possibly the most bike-friendly town I've been to in Italy.

Below: A courtyard off via Fillungo, the main shopping street.
Below: The Piazza del Anfiteatro, which is a market piazza which follows the outline of the ancient Roman amphitheatre.


Below: The outside of the piazza di anfiteatro
Below: Piazza Santa Maria, which has the tourist information office, and two bicycle hire shops.
Below: The Saturday market inside the walls
Below: The garden of Palazzo Pfanner
Below: Palazzo Pfanner and the campanile of the cathedral of San Martino

Below: A wall denouncing fascism
Below: a local bar


Below: Shop selling lots of limoncello
Below: Beautiful iron and brick work in the Piazza San Michele

Below: Graffiti at the railways station. Fuck Fascism.
Below: Nazi symbol placed in a bin labelled "Shit"