FUN & INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LUCCA
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The City of Lucca was founded by the Etruscans.
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Lucca is the capital city of the Province of Lucca.
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The City is situated on the river Serchio and has very fertile plains near the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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Lucca Became a Roman village in 180 BC.
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Napoleon took over the city of Lucca in 1805 and put his Sister Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi as the “Queen of Etruria”.
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Famous people born in Lucca: Gemma Galgani, Pope Lucius III, Giacomo Puccini and Leo Nomenelli.
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The city of Lucca is twinned with: Abingdon, United Kingdom city; Golgolin, Poland; Colmar, France; Schongau, Germany; Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Sint-Niklaas, Germany.
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Lucca means “illuminated glade”.
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Lucca is surrounded by 16th-century walls, with small narrow path walks.
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Until the French Revolution in 1789, Lucca was independent from Venice and Genoa.
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