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Lucca (centro storico), Italy

cover photo by Simolucca

Location added by Pisquano

The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

Rank : 8.7 (average on 14 votes)

Coordinates : 43.84403,10.50456 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : The subjects are varied, mainly architectural structures. The city offers architecture of various periods, views Etruscan, Roman ruins, churches and more recent Lombard Renaissance buildings. First of all the walls that surround the entire walkable renaissance historical center, the Art Nouveau villas on the outskirts, roads developed according to the Roman checkerboard, squeezed between high buildings, squares and gardens including a botanical garden well stocked. During the autumn in the city center takes place on the "Lucca Comics & Games", one of the biggest comics in Europe that allows you to shoot subjects in the mask.

Recommended equipment : definitely a wide-angle lens to be able to hit all the squares often irregular geometries. Objectives ranging from 18mm to 200mm are sufficient, with particular attention to a 35mm or a 50 mm fixed focal length for the city streets at night in low light. A tripod.

Best months : The best times are definitely spring for the botanical garden for plants all along the 4.3 km of walls and the cut around the same. The first days of November for Lucca Comics & Games, and then masks and costumes. Autumn especially in the days of gray or rain.

How to get there : BY CAR: Motorway A11 Firenze Mare motorway, exit Lucca Lucca East and West. A11 motorway Lucca-Viareggio, Lucca exit Lucca Est Est and West. A12 Genova-Rosignano-Lucca-Versilia, after the exit Versilia, at the height of Viareggio, is the turnoff to the link road that connects austradale Viareggio and Lucca. AIR: The 'nearest airport is Pisa "Galileo Galilei", about 30 km from Lucca, the other is located in Florence "A. Vespucci". Train: Lucca has its own train reached from Florence in about 1 hour and a half and Pisa in about 20 minutes. station does not provide links at 23:00.

Visits : Guinigi Tower: open all year at a cost of € 3.50 in addition to being unique to the roof garden on top of it offers an interesting glimpse of the entire city and the immediate suburbs thanks to 45 meters in height. Clock Tower: as above but without roof garden. Botanical Gardens. Church of St. John. Birthplace of Giacomo Puccini. Cathedral of San Martino.

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