Lucca's wealth was due to the textile industry. This wealth meant that it could build beautiful churches and palaces as well as the thick city walls, and at the same time buy alliances with European rulers. So there are many wonderful buildings to look at: so many that I have put just a sampling here.
Below is the entry to the Church of Saint Christopher
It is no longer used as a church, it is an exhibition space. What was striking however was the fact that more than 3/4 of the walls were incised with the names of those who died in various wars.
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