Experts' Choice Award
San Michele in Foro
4 expert reviews
“The facade, heavily restored in the 19th century, displays busts of such 19th-century Italian patriots as Garibaldi and Cavour. ”
– Fodor's
Lonely Planet
"One of Lucca's many architecturally significant churches, this glittering Romanesque edifice marks the spot where the city's Roman forum was."
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Inside, don't miss Filippino Lippi's 1479 painting of Sts Helen, Jerome, Sebastian and Roch (complete with plague sore) in the south transept.
Fodor's
"Chiefly notable for the gorgeous St. John the Baptist and St. Michael the Archangel, two works dating from about 1519 by native son Jacopo Carrucci (1494–1556), better known as Pontormo."
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Frommer's
"The magnificent facade of the Cattedrale di San Martino is matched, or even outdone for visual drama, by the delicately stacked arches and arcades on the exterior of this 12th-century church."
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