And from the piazza in front of it showing the highly decorated façade

Lucca

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September 28th 2018
28 September 2018 In 2004, during a camping holiday in Tuscany, we cycled along the top of Lucca’s 16th and 17th Century encircling Renaissance walls. Today we had an enjoyable walk around the 4.2k circuit. This was followed by a visit to the very attractive Romanesque cathedral; a pizza lunch; climbs up the cathedral’s bell tower and the <a name="_Hlk526098433"& ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more