Things to do in Santa Maria del Giudice

The largest square in Lucca is a favorite spot for socializing. Some of the biggest names in music entertain here.

Gaze out over Lucca from one of the city’s most famous landmarks, a medieval tower topped by a collection of oak trees.

Unwind in the attractive square where Roman gladiators once fought. For one day of the year it is now completely filled with flowers.

A Romanesque-style church filled with many notable works of art and the well-preserved body of an 800-year-old saint.

Emerge from Lucca’s narrow alleys into a unique piazza, built on the remains of an ancient gladiatorial arena.

Once the site of the Roman forum during ancient times, now this piazza is a delightful square of bars, cafés and an unfinished 12th-century church.

A privately owned 17th-century palace that attracts the crowds for the beauty of its artwork and walled Italian garden.

Visit one of Lucca’s most sacred religious icons, an impressive building that is almost a millennium old.

Enjoy superb views of Lucca from the highest point in the city, the roof of an ancient tower that’s been a public clock since the 14th century.