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09/02/2025

The Guinigi Tower - a 45-metre-tall fortified tower-house built in the 1300s, with holm oak trees growing in hanging gardens at its top. Lucca, Italy.

29/12/2024

Lucca, a charming city in Tuscany, Italy, is known for its well-preserved Renaissance architecture and historical significance. Its intact 16th-century city walls surround the old town, offering a scenic walkway with views of the area. Lucca boasts many Romanesque and Gothic churches within these walls, such as the Cathedral of San Martino and the Basilica of San Frediano, which are famous for their beautiful facades and art.

The Piazza dell’Anfiteatro, built on an ancient Roman amphitheater, exemplifies how Lucca blends history into its city design. The narrow cobblestone streets, elegant buildings, and medieval towers, like the Torre Guinigi's rooftop garden, add to Lucca’s timeless and picturesque charm.

Photo by: Massimiliano Lazzi - [IG]

20/06/2024

Guinigi Tower in Lucca, Italy, dates from the 1300s. See more:themindcircle.com/fascinating-medieval-towers-around-the-world

19/08/2023

The celebrates 850 years!
Its construction began in August 1173, while the inauguration had to wait until 1373. There were many long interruptions, also due to some attempts at 'straightening' the tower. But today the whole world is lucky enough to be able to admire this masterpiece.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/Leaning-Tower

Terre di Pisa
photo: ©f11photo - adobe

03/12/2022

Ah… Summer in Lucca!

Tranquil Lucca

https://www.lucca.info/

https://www.bella-toscana.com/lucca/

06/11/2022

Go hunting for chestnuts in Garfagnana and experience the beauty of Autumn among charming villages, colorful woods and delicious food ⬇️
https://bit.ly/Autumn-in-Garfagnana

Photo credit: Riccardo Santi

12/07/2022

Livorno… worth a visit!

The Roman sea pools of Cala Furia, near Livorno in Tuscany: sandstone quarries exploited by the Etruscan people then under the Roman Republic, transformed into a swimming pool under the Empire after their name "ad pidcinas" in the Peutinger table.

Credit: .tarihi

08/05/2022

I can hear the sounds of the swifts and the odd Vespa…

The site of the Roman amphitheatre in Lucca

https://www.lucca.info/

https://www.bella-toscana.com/lucca/

08/04/2022

Winter wonderland - snow lemons anyone?

22/03/2022

Purple rain in Lucca…

Wisteria blooming already in Lucca

https://www.lucca.info/

22/12/2021

Bellisima!

Fabbriche di Vallico in the Province of Lucca, a few days back

https://www.bella-toscana.com/ponte-colandi-at-fabbriche-di-vallico-province-of-lucca/

22/09/2021

Some clearance down the valley has opened up the views.