Editing Lucca (section)

===Walls, streets, and squares===
[[Walls of Lucca|The walls encircling the old town]] remain intact, even though the city has expanded and been modernised, which is unusual for cities in this region. These walls were built initially as a defensive [[rampart (fortification)|rampart]] which, after losing their military importance, became a pedestrian promenade (the Passeggiata delle Mure Urbane) atop the walls which not only links the Bastions of Santa Croce, San Frediano, San Martino, San Pietro/Battisti, San Salvatore, La Libertà/Cairoli, San Regolo, San Colombano, Santa Maria, San Paolino/Catalani and San Donato but also passes over the gates (Porte) of San Donato, Santa Maria, San Jacopo, Elisa, San Pietro, and Sant'Anna. Each of the four principal sides of the structure is lined with a tree species different from the others.

The walled city is encircled by Piazzale Boccherini, Viale Lazzaro Papi, Viale Carlo Del Prete, Piazzale Martiri della Libertà, Via Batoni, Viale Agostino Marti, Viale G. Marconi (''vide'' [[Guglielmo Marconi]]), Piazza Don A. Mei, Viale [[Alfredo Pacini|Pacini]], Viale Giusti, Piazza Curtatone, Piazzale Ricasoli, Viale Ricasoli, Piazza Risorgimento (''vide'' [[Risorgimento]]), and Viale [[Giosuè Carducci]].

The town includes a number of public squares, most notably the [[Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, Lucca|Piazza dell'Anfiteatro]], (site of the ancient Roman amphitheater), the Piazzale Verdi, the Piazza Napoleone, and the Piazza San Michele.

[[File:Palazzo mansi, cortile 02.JPG|thumb|right|The courtyard of [[Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi]]]]
[[File:Lucca-teatro del Giglio-complesso1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Teatro del Giglio]]]]
[[File:Statua di Giacomo Puccini - Lucca - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|Puccini's statue on Piazza Cittadella created by Vito Tongiani]]
[[File:Lucca San Michele in Foro 01.jpg|thumb|right|[[San Michele in Foro]]]]
[[File:San Michele, Antraccoli, Lucca.jpg|thumb|right|upright|San Michele at Antraccoli]]