Galerie Shiraz on Tour 2019 : Day 47 Tuesday - Devils Bridge and Lucca

Ponte Della Maddalena medieval bridge over the Serchio river, you can read about it below, an amazing structure.

Onto Lucca an Italian town with complete medieval walls around which you can walk around, picnic on top or ride a bike. It began life as Roman and continued to be a successful place as a city state, but changing hands quite a few times being inffluenced by the larger entities of Milan, Florence etc

Among its notable citizens is the composer Pucini whose dependents still live in the city, the family home was still owned until 1974 by the Pucini family when it was given over to be a museum.
Full of cafes, restaurants and shops it another typical Italian town full of narrow streets and motor scooters.

The oval heart was once a Roman amphitheatre

The Torre Guinigi tower from top of the Clock Tower

230 steps to the top

The Clock tower another 200+ steps, we did em both

View from the top of the Torre Guinigi with its trees