Editing Lucca (section)

{{Short description|City and comune in Tuscany, Italy}}
{{about|the city in Italy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Lucca
| official_name       = Comune di Lucca
| native_name         =
| image_skyline       = Italy - Lucca - 2.jpg
| imagesize           =
| image_alt           = Italy - Lucca - 2
| image_caption       = View of Lucca (2022)
| image_flag          = Flag of Lucca.svg
| image_shield        = Lucca-Stemma.svg
| shield_alt          = Coat of arms
| image_map           =
| map_alt             =
| map_caption         =
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt     =
| coordinates         = {{coord|43|50|30|N|10|30|10|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| region              = [[Tuscany]]
| province            = [[Province of Lucca|Lucca]] (LU)
| frazioni            = see [[#Frazioni|list]]
| mayor_party         = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| mayor               = [[Mario Pardini]]
| area_footnotes      =
| area_total_km2      = 185.5
| population_footnotes = <ref>Population data from [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]]</ref>
| population_total    = 89346
| population_as_of    = 30 September 2017
| pop_density_footnotes =
| population_demonym  = Lucchesi
|telephone=| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m         = 19
| twin1               =
| twin1_country       =
|postalcode=|istat=046017| saint               = [[Paulinus of Antioch|St. Paulinus]]
| day                 = July 12
| postal_code         = 55100
| area_code           = 0583
| website             = {{URL|http://www.comune.lucca.it|comune.lucca.it}}
| footnotes           =
}}
[[File:Dome Lucques Duomo San Martino Lucca.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Lucca Cathedral]]]]

'''Città di Lucca''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|uː|k|ə}} {{respell|LOO|kə}}; {{IPA|it|ˈlukka|lang|It-Lucca.ogg}}) is a city and ''[[comune]]'' in [[Tuscany]], [[Central Italy]], on the [[Serchio]] River, in a fertile plain near the [[Ligurian Sea]]. The city has a population of about 89,000,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Popolazione Lucca (2001-2020) Grafici su dati ISTAT|url=https://www.tuttitalia.it/toscana/53-lucca/statistiche/popolazione-andamento-demografico/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Tuttitalia.it|language=it}}</ref> while its [[Province of Lucca|province]] has a population of 383,957.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Provincia di Lucca (LU)|url=https://www.tuttitalia.it/toscana/provincia-di-lucca/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Tuttitalia.it|language=it}}</ref> 

Lucca is known as an Italian "Città d'arte" (City of Art) from its intact [[Renaissance]]-era [[Walls of Lucca|city walls]]<ref name="luccawalls">{{cite web|last=Magrini|first=Graziano|title=The Walls of Lucca|url=http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/itineraries/place/TheWallsOfLucca.html|work=Scientific Itineraries of Tuscany|publisher=Museo Galileo|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="nytimesmenu">{{cite news|last=Donadio|first=Rachel|title=A Walled City in Tuscany Clings to Its Ancient Menu|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/world/europe/13lucca.html?_r=0|work=March 12, 2009|date=13 March 2009 |publisher=New York Times|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> and its very well preserved historic center, where, among other buildings and monuments, are located the [[Piazza dell'Anfiteatro]], which has its origins in the second half of the 1st century A.D., the [[Guinigi Tower]], a {{convert|45|m|ft|-1|adj=mid|-tall}} tower that dates from the 14th century <ref>{{Cite web|title=Roman amphitheatre in Lucca {{!}} Visit Tuscany|url=https://www.visittuscany.com/en/attractions/roman-amphitheatre-piazza-dellanfiteatro/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=www.visittuscany.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-16|title=20 Bellissime Città d'Arte in Italia|url=https://www.skyscanner.it/notizie/le-20-piu-belle-citta-darte-italiane|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Skyscanner Italia|language=it-IT}}</ref> and the Cathedral of San Martino.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cathedral of San Martino in Lucca |url=https://www.visittuscany.com/en/attractions/the-cathedral-of-san-martino-in-lucca/}}</ref> 

The city is the birthplace of numerous world-class composers, including [[Giacomo Puccini]], [[Alfredo Catalani]], and [[Luigi Boccherini]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Joe|title=9 Facts About Lucca {{!}}|url=https://www.qualityvillas.com/blog/9-facts-about-lucca,%20https://www.qualityvillas.com/blog/9-facts-about-lucca|access-date=2022-01-07|language=en-GB}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>