(Note: Click to enlarge photos)
The wall, with the old town to the right
and the new town (out of sight) to the left
Gus conquering the wall!
Gus reading on top of the wall
The path that tops the wall
One of the streets that connects the old town and new
More wall
One of the city gates, outside
Same gate, inside
The open gate, which can also be seen on the left side of the previous picture
Note the human-sized gate inset in the lower left!
Part of the fortifications
2 comments:
100' thick? What was the perimeter length? Imagine all the ( probably slaves) it took and the length of time to build something that immense.
Here's a site with the history of the wall: http://www.luccaportal.it/art-and-culture/the-walls-of-lucca.php
The current incarnation is from the 1500s.
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