Editing Lucca (section)

===Palaces, villas, houses, offices, and museums===
*[[Ducal Palace (Lucca)|Ducal Palace]]: built on the site of [[Castruccio Castracani]]'s fortress. Construction was begun by [[Bartolomeo Ammannati|Ammannati]] in 1577–1582 and continued by [[Filippo Juvarra|Juvarra]] in the eighteenth century
*[[Palazzo Pfanner|Pfanner Palace]]
*[[Villa Garzoni (Collodi)|Villa Garzoni]], noted for its water gardens
*[[Casa di Puccini]]: House of the opera composer, at the nearby [[Torre del Lago]], where the composer spent his summers. A [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]] opera festival takes place every July–August 
*[[Torre delle Ore, Lucca|Torre delle Ore]]: ("The Clock Tower")
*[[Guinigi Tower]] and House: Panoramic view from tower-top balcony with oak trees
*[[National Museum of Villa Guinigi]]
*[[Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi|National Museum of Palazzo Mansi]]
*[[Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca]]: [[botanical garden]] dating from 1820
*Academy of Sciences (1584) 
*[[Palazzo Cenami]]: Renaissance palace once owned by the [[Arnolfini family]]
*[[Teatro del Giglio, Lucca|Teatro del Giglio]]: nineteenth-century opera house