A 3 km walking audio tour guide in Italian in Lucca featuring 6 highlights.
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Lucca nasce in epoca Etrusca e Romana, intorno ad una zona di confine e di contatti vicino al fiume Serchio, che attraversava la città . Pare che i primi abitanti fossero liguri e, infatti, il nome sembra derivare dalla parola celto-ligure Luk che significa “luogo paludoso”; per altri invece Lucca deriva dalla radice di Luk cioè “luce” per indicare una radura nella vegetazione.
Lucca fu sicuramente colonia latina dal 180 a.C. e lo vediamo nelle caratteristiche architettoniche dell’epoca come l’Anfiteatro, il foro in Piazza S. Michele, e l’impianto urbanistico della città le vie del centro storico impostate dal cardo e dal decumano oggi via Fillungo – Cenami e via S.Paolino – Roma – S. Croce.
Al periodo romano risale anche la prima costruzione delle famose mura che difendeva la città dagli attacchi del nord. Nel 56 a.C. Lucca fu la sede dell’importante incontro tra Cesare, Pompeo e Crasso per rinnovare i patti del Primo Triunvirato.
ENGLISH VERSION
Lucca was founded near the river Serchio in Etruscan and Roman periods. The first inhabitants probably were from Liguria and, in fact, the name seems to have origins from the Celtic-Ligurian word “Luk” with the meaning of “marshy place”; for others Lucca comes from the root of “Luk”, i.e. “light” a reference to a bay in the vegetation.
The signs of Lucca as a Latin colony (in 180 BC) are the architectural peculiarities such as the Amphitheatre, the “Forum” in Piazza San Michele and the urban layout of the streets of the old city centre.
Also the famous walls which defended the city against attacks from the north are dated back to the Roman period. In 56 BC Lucca was the site of the important meeting between Caesar, Pompeo and Crassus to renew the terms of the First Triumvirate.
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via della Rosa
55100, Lucca
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