The walled city — bike the Renaissance ramparts, climb the tree-topped tower, and hear Puccini at home.
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Anise-raisin bread; Puccini’s hometown soundtrack
Lucca hides behind perfect Renaissance walls you can cycle on top of — four kilometers of tree-lined ramparts circling towers, piazzas, and Puccini's birthplace. It's Tuscany at conversational volume.
Lucca stayed an independent republic for nearly 500 years — tiny, rich on silk and banking, and diplomatic enough to keep Florence out. Its walls, never once needed in battle, became Europe's loveliest elevated park.
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