Lucca City Walls – Historic Centre of Lucca loop from Ruota

Lucca City Walls – Historic Centre of Lucca loop from Ruota

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Lucca City Walls – Historic Centre of Lucca loop from Ruota

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35.5km

190m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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12.6 km

Lucca City Walls

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Lucca has one of the most impressive fully preserved city walls in Europe. The wall with the Italian name "Mura di Lucca" is almost 4 km long and completely surrounds …

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14.7 km

Lucca City Walls

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Lucca's city wall has enclosed the old city center since 180 BC. The current wall, built between 1504 and 1645, served as a defense against attacks from nearby Florence. The …

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15.1 km

San Michele in Foro, Lucca

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Always well worth a visit. For Buccellato di Lucca head to main square, there is a great bakery just behind the back of the church

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15.4 km

Porta Sant'Anna (St. Anna's Gate)

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Porta Sant'Anna, officially known as Porta Vittorio Emanuele, is one of the gates in the walls of Lucca – popularly known by locals as the "hole" of Sant'Anna, after the fault of the same name.

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16.5 km

San Martino Cathedral, Lucca

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In the left transept of the cathedral, which is well worth seeing, is the famous tomb of Ilaria del Caretto, who died in childbed in 1405 at the age of …

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17.1 km

Villa Bottini (Lucca)

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This beautiful urban villa in Lucca (built in the second half of the XVI century by Paolo Buonvisi) takes its name from a noble local family who lived there until …

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19.6 km

Historic Centre of Lucca

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The birthplace of Giacomo Puccini. is a gem that no one should ignore. Behind the heavy fortress walls that bear witness to a glorious past, lies a particularly atmospheric medieval …

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26.0 km

In 1822, Maria Luisa di Borbone, Duchess of Lucca, decided on the construction of the aqueduct and entrusted the supervision of the works to the Royal Architect Lorenzo Nottolini (hence the name of the work)

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