Have you ever been to Italy or any
other European countries? Are you familiar with the city called Lucca? Located in Tuscany, Lucca is situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. This city is the capital city of the Province of Lucca. Next to Venice, this city is considered as the largest Italian city state with "comune" or republican constitution to remanin republic for many centuries. Based ont he history of the place, Napoleon instructed her sister Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi to take charge of Lucca. That is why she was called as the Princess of Lucca. This large city is divided into 81 fractions.
There are a number of academies and libraries here. The most famous of them is the Academy of Sciences which was established in 1584. Also, the Casa di Puccini is open to the public. There is also a Puccini opera festival, a celebration held every July or August. Here, many medieval basilica-form churches were constructed with rich arcaded facades and campaniles. Lucca is also proud to produce composers
Francesco Geminiani, Gioseffo Guami, Luigi Boccherini, Giacomo Puccini and Alfredo Catalani. Truly, the city of Lucca has a lot of reasons to be proud of.
