Lucca

On the eastern end of the historic center, this sadly overlooked museum has an extensive collection of local Etruscan, Roman, Romanesque, and Renaissance art. — Fodor's

The art gallery exhibits large, quite unceremonious compositions by Veronese, Giordano, Dominiquin and Tintoretto. — Michelin Guide

The highly successful architectural marriage of the town's 12th- to 15th-century buildings with the steel-and-glass modernity of this new museum is almost more interesting than the exhibits themselves. — Frommer's

The facade, heavily restored in the 19th century, displays busts of such 19th-century Italian patriots as Garibaldi and Cavour. — Fodor's

Lucca’s Duomo was completed in 1070 to house one of the most renowned artifacts in Christendom, the Volto Santo, and the structure does justice to the prized procession. — Frommer's

Here you can rest your feet and let time pass, surrounded by a harmonious arrangement of sun, shade, blooming plants, water, and mysterious statuary. — Fodor's

Particularly on a sunny day, San Frediano's facade vies with those of the Duomo and San Michele as the most attention-grabbing in town, with a glittering 13th-century mosaic. — Frommer's

Lucca's most famous musical son was born in this house. — Fodor's

Legend has it that Lucca's 13th-century clock tower – at 50m tall, the highest of the city's 130 medieval towers – is inhabited by the ghost of Lucida Mansi. — Lonely Planet