Lucca (Italy) magnificent example of a city of art.

It's a unique opportunity for me as an art teacher and painter. Often I stop to look at the monuments of ancient beauty such as the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro.

This fantastic square is built on the remains of the ancient Roman amphitheater (2nd century AD), which determined its closed elliptical shape.

(image of my property)

this is a my watercolor work that I inserted as an example of ancient Roman amphitheater exactly the same elliptical plan of the square of Lucca.

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The walls of Lucca are the second largest example in Europe of walls built according to the principles of modern fortification that has been preserved completely intact in a large city. Nicosia, capital of Cyprus, holds the record with a wall of 4.5 km with 11 bastions and three gates.
The current city walls of Lucca, exactly 4 kilometers long and 223 meters long,

To access the city through the walls there are 6 doors of different styles and eras.

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this is Porta Elisa in Neoclassic style built in honor of Elisa Baciocchi Bonaparte between 1809 and 1811.

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this is Porta Santa Maria in typical Renaissance style for military use.

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this is Porta San Donato was established between 1629 and 1639 and is part of the Renaissance walls. Originally it was equipped with a drawbridge. The door is decorated with marble statues of San Donato and San Paolino.

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Porta Sant'Anna was opened in 1910 to facilitate the outgoing traffic and entry into the western part of the city, as Porta San Donato, open in the seventeenth century was, for defensive reasons, not quite convenient for the needs of motorized traffic.