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Ligurian-Etruscan settlement Lucca became a Roman colony and was the capital of Tuscia. Lucca is surrounded by sixteenth century walls in the green, which is enclosed within the old town. The cathedral was probably founded in the sixth century by St. Frediano was rebuilt in the eleventh and thirteenth centuries, the Romanesque façade is lined with bands of marble on which there are three portals, one on the left there is the deposition of Nicholas Pisano. Inside, in the counter, there is the sculpture of St. Martin dividing his cloak with the poor, are preserved in the sacristy of the Madonna and Child with Saints by Ghirlandaio, in the left transept there is the statue of St. John the Evangelist James of the Oak, later there is the Tomb of Ilaria del Carretto work of Jacopo della Quercia in 1408. In the left aisle is the temple of the Holy Face of Civitali. In the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo are preserved objects belonging to the treasury of the cathedral. The church of San Michele in Foro was built in the twelfth century, fourteenth presentra a facade, the interior, with three naves, holds a Madonna and Child by Andrea della Robbia and a panel by Filippino Lippi. Mansi Palace is a building typical of the seventeenth century which still preserves the period furniture, are to see the ballroom, the bedroom alcove and the collection of Flemish tapestries. Inside the building there is also the national art gallery with works ranging from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. The church of San Frediano was built on an earlier Christian basilica in the twelfth century, the facade is a mosaic representing the Ascension and inside there are important works by Jacopo della Quercia. The Case of Giunigi are a complex of palaces and towers built in the fourteenth century, the tower of Giunigi you can admire a beautiful panorama of the entire city. "Do: The National Museum of Villa Guinigi that contains archaeological material of prehistoric, Etruscan and Roman, medieval and Renaissance sculptures, paintings and antique furniture.

The municipal district of Lucca is in the region/district of Tuscany and it's in the province of Lucca. the postcode is 55100 and the code number is +39 0583. Inhabitants are 79.783 and the surface is about 185 km², with a density of population about 430 people for km². Distance: from Rome 485 km, from Florence 709 km and from Venice 877 km.

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