Sunflower Field Date: 07/14/2007 A typical scene in Tuscany
A public toilet in Lucca Date: 07/14/2007 In honor of John J of Orvieto !
Lucca: You are here! Date: 07/14/2007 At the bus stop just inside the walls of the city.
Lucca: You are going here! Date: 07/14/2007 To the Cathedral, on the other side of the city...
street scene 1 Date: 07/14/2007
street scene 2 Date: 07/14/2007
Are you sure? Date: 07/14/2007 John & Mary
S.Romano & National Museum of Comics Date: 07/14/2007 The ex-church is on the left; the baroque palazzo now houses the Italian National Museum of Comics.
Street scene 3 Date: 07/14/2007
Street scene 4 Date: 07/14/2007
tuscany2007_IMG_1573 National Museum of Comics Date: 07/14/2007
Couryard of the Ducal Palace: Center of the Cortile Date: 07/14/2007
Courtyard of Ducal Palace: One of the Exit Arches Date: 07/14/2007
Street scene 5 Date: 07/14/2007
Plane tree: Detail of trunk and bark Date: 07/14/2007
Street scene 6: Market scene Date: 07/14/2007
Duomo (Cathedral) S.Martino Date: 07/14/2007 transept and apse
Duomo S.Martino: detail Date: 07/14/2007
Duomo S. Martino: Park behind the church Date: 07/14/2007
Campanile of Duomo S.Martino Date: 07/14/2007
Street scene 7 Date: 07/14/2007
Street scene 8 Date: 07/14/2007 with view of nave of the Duomo
Street scene 9: Market in front of Duomo Date: 07/14/2007
Chiesa S.Giovanni Date: 07/14/2007 as seen from steps of the Duomo
Street scene 10: Market scene Date: 07/14/2007
Labyrinth Date: 07/14/2007 carved on one of the columns of the facade of the Duomo
Piazza Anfiteatro Date: 07/14/2007 This, the main square of Lucca, is built on the remains of the Roman amphitheater and follows the outline of the ancient stadium.
Street scene 11: Market scene Date: 07/14/2007 the tellest building is the Chiesa S.Giovanni
Chiesa S. Giovanni Date: 07/14/2007
Piazza del Duomo Date: 07/14/2007 The square in front of the Cathedral
Monumental Doorway: Piazza Duomo Date: 07/14/2007
Chandeliers for sale! Date: 07/14/2007 In the street market in Piazza Duomo
Duomo S. Martino: Facade & Campanile Date: 07/14/2007
Lunch near S. Michele in Foro Date: 07/14/2007 John Jennings sits at a sandwich bar during lunch. The nave of Chiesa S.Michele in Foro dominates the view.
S.Michele in Foro: detail Date: 07/14/2007
S.Michele in Foro: facade Date: 07/14/2007
S.Michele in Foro: detail of facade Date: 07/14/2007
S.Michele in Foro: Campanile Date: 07/14/2007
S.Michele in Foro: Statue of the Virgin Mary (detail of facade) Date: 07/14/2007
S.Michele in Foro: Detail of facade Date: 07/14/2007
S.Michele in Foro: facade Date: 07/14/2007
S.Michele in Foro: Altarpiece of St. Michael Date: 07/14/2007
S.Michele in Foro: Altarpiece of St. Andrew Date: 07/14/2007
S.Michele in Foro: della Robbia Madonna Date: 07/14/2007
S. Michele in Foro: Madonna del Latte Date: 07/14/2007 This lovely frescoe shows Mary nursing the Child Jesus.
Chiesa S. Frediano: facade Date: 07/14/2007
Street scene12: Remnants of the Roman Amphitheater Date: 07/14/2007 You can see the brickwork of the superstructure of the Roman amphitheater on both sides of the street in this picture.
Chiesa S. Frediano: doorway Date: 07/14/2007
S. Frediano: Assumption of the Virgin Date: 07/14/2007 This photo does not do justice to the spectacular colors of thie painted and gilded high relief scupture.
S.Frediano: Altarpiece of the Virgin Mary Date: 07/14/2007
S.Frediano: Virgin Annunciate Date: 07/14/2007 On the back wall of the church, this wooden sculpture portays Mary at the moment when the Angel Gabriel tells her she is to be the mother of Jesus.
S.Frediano: stone altarpiece Date: 07/14/2007
S.Frediano: Funerary Monument Date: 07/14/2007 From the early 19th century. Very classical revival!
S.Frediano: tabernacle Date: 07/14/2007
S.Frediano: Baptismal Font Date: 07/14/2007 An immense marble baptismal font dating from the 11th century.
S.Frediano: della Robbia Annunciation Date: 07/14/2007 Located just above the Baptismal Font
S. Frediano: fresco above door to scaristy Date: 07/14/2007 The Madonna with child framed by Saint Zita (a local saint whose body is in a glass coffin in this church -- she died in the 13th century!) and Saint Frediano (Frigidanus), patron of the church.
Saint Zita Date: 07/14/2007 Yep, that's her body...over 700 years old!
S.Michele in Foro: detail of facade Date: 07/14/2007
Puccini Plaque Date: 07/14/2007 located on the house where we was born
S.Michele in Foro: approaching the facade Date: 07/14/2007
Puccini Statue Date: 07/14/2007 Located in front of his house
Chiesa S. Paolino Date: 07/14/2007 One of the parish churches of Lucca, decked out for some special event
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