Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lucca, Italy

It's Alphabe-Thursday and today we're studying the letter "L".  L is for Lucca.  Never heard of it?  We hadn't either.  We spent a few days near Pisa back in 2010 and wandered through nearby Lucca one afternoon.

The city is surrounded by walls that date back to the 17th century.
{Kids across the wall.  You can't tell, but they're up pretty high.  You can walk on the wall around the city.  It's kind of like a fort dotted with lookouts and hiding places.}


While visiting the town of Lucca, we decided to climb up the Guinigi Tower.  
{The building with trees in the center of the picture is actually the tower.}

The tower, owned by the Guinigi family, was added to their mansion in the late 1300's.  It was an emblem of prestige of the richest families. 

{The walk to the top was horrible, but the views were amazing!}



Going down...
{Starting the trip down.  I am as excited as I look!  I do not like heights - throw stairs into the mix and I am a mess!}

{Oh, my hands are sweating just looking at these pictures!}

{If this tower was built in the late 1300's I wonder what the stairs were like then??  Wooden ladders maybe?}

Aside from the walk up and down the tower, Lucca was a fun town to visit.  

For more on the letter L, visit Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday.



11 comments:

  1. I loved Lucca -- didn't make the climb, however, and am happy to live vicariously through your pix.

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  2. What gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing them. It is wonderful to be able to see places and things we may never get a chance to see ourselves. Lovely L post!

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  3. Oooh Lucca looks lovely! So pretty! Well done on climbing all those stairs - I wouldn't have liked that much either. :-)

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  4. Beautiful pics. Great L word!
    I enjoyed visitng you for the letter L.

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  5. Someday I want to visit Italy. I want to go when I can stay for a month or so...maybe when I retire...

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  6. oh, I haven't been to Italy in years. So many of the pics are reminiscent of my own trip. I want to go back!

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  7. Lucca has been on my list of places I want to visit for a long time--never made it in previous trips to Tuscany. Thanks for reminding me with the lovely pics.

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  8. I love travelling vicariously through others' photos. I love the pic of the kids rollerblading along the wall.
    I was in Pisa back in 1991 but never ventured to Lucca...next time I hope :-)
    My post was about love and loneliness this week.

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    1. Ooops had another look and realised they weren't rollerblading! With their arms outstretched it just looks that way!

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  9. Monica! This is sooo neat! I love the feel of history here!

    What a lovely place!

    I'm with you on the height AND stair issue.

    Thanks for linking.

    A+

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