The most beautiful squares of Lucca

Throughout Tuscany there are squares of great beauty, some of which are famous all over the world, but in this area you can find ‘state of the art’ squares that are outside the usual tourist itineraries, and for these reasons absolutely to discover.

Piazza dell’Anfiteatro

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It stands in the exact place where the ancient Roman amphitheater, dating back to the 2nd century AD, once stood. and of which the square still retains the traditional elliptical shape. During the Middle Ages, Piazza dell’Anfiteatro was the privileged meeting point of the Lucca society. Here, in fact, citizens’ meetings took place systematically. Today the square remains a very central meeting point, with many shops and bars created inside ancient premises. Piazza dell’Anfiteatro is accessed through four arches placed in different points.

Piazza Napoleone

Its origins date back to 1806, when, with the city invaded by Napoleonic troops, it was built at the behest of Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, sister of the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The square was dedicated to Napoleon and a statue erected in the center of it was dedicated. However, the monument that more than any other distinguishes Piazza Napoleone is the splendid Palazzo Ducale. Built in the 15th century, an enormous personal residence of Castruccio Castracani, an ancient lord of the city.

Piazza San Martino

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The square opens in front of the asymmetrical facade of the thirteenth-century Cathedral of San Martino, which with its deep portico, the whiteness of the marbles and the inlays of the columns, create a unique scenographic effect. However, this square-churchyard is not proposed as a closed space, but as the introduction to a succession of other spaces that open on the sides and behind the apse of the church, so as to make it the fulcrum of an original, lively environment urban.

Piazza San Michele

Built at the end of the 11th century, the Church of San Michele stands in the center of the homonymous square, in the heart of the city of Lucca, and more precisely in the place where the ancient Roman Forum of the city once stood. Also for this reason the church is often identified with the name of San Michele in Foro. The architectural structure is typical of a Pisan Romanesque style church, with a Latin cross plan and an internal structure composed of three naves, on the external facade at the top is the statue of the Archangel Michael.

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