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LUCCA Lucca, the birthplace of Puccini is known as the Tuscany without tourists – forgotten squares, medieval meandering streets and chic shopping are bound to inspire and impress, this gothic gem is a must see!There’s much more to this city than Puccini, Lucca’s most famous export! When walking the streets of Lucca everything you see is like a whispered Renaissance secret, hidden within mammoth Roman walls.Lucca boasts an extraordinary history, even by Italian standards. The site was inhabited more than 50,000 years ago, and as a Roman municipum, it was the site of the First Triumvirate or regime between Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus in 56 B.C. St. Peter's disciples brought a third-generation Christianity here in A.D. 47, making Lucca the first Tuscan city to convert. Ever popular with visitors it was a major stopping off point for pilgrims and crusaders coming from northern Europe along the Francigiana road – an ancient route from Northern Europe to Rome.A much contested territory Pisa conquered Lucca in 1314, but not without a fight and a hometown adventurer Castruccio Castracani fought back until Lucca regained its liberty. Over the next 10 years, Castracani went on to conquer Pisa and expanded a Luccan empire over western Tuscany. However in 1328, just as Castracani was eyeing Florence, malaria struck him down. Disgruntled Pisa took over again until 1369, when Charles IV granted Lucca its independence. The proud, if relatively unimportant, city stayed a free comune -- occasionally under powerful bosses such as Paolo Guinigi (1400-30) - for 430 years. A generous Napoleon gave it to his sister Elisa Baciocchi as a principality in 1805, and in 1815 it was absorbed into the Tuscan Grand Duchy.