2 stops in walking order

Museum

The Torre Guinigi is a tower in Lucca in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. It is a typical example of local Romanesque-Gothic architecture. The height of the tower is 45 metres (148 ft) with a total of 230 steps over 28 flights to reach the top. The tower dates from the latter half of the 14th century, when a number of wealthy families were building towers within Lucca's walls as status symbols. The Guinigis were a wealthy family of merchants and bankers. It is one of the few remaining towers within the city. It is known for the holm oaks growing on top of the tower. The tower was donated to the city in 1968 by the descendants of the Guinigi family.

~20 min at this stop

Cathedral

The Holy Face of Lucca is an 8th-century life-size Crucifix of painted wood in the cathedral of San Martino, Lucca, Italy. Medieval legends state that it was sculpted by Nicodemus who assisted St. Joseph of Arimathea in placing Christ in his tomb after the crucifixion. The same legends placed its miraculous arrival in Lucca to 782. Radiocarbon dating of both wood and canvas places it between 770–880, which corresponds to the Legend of Leobino according to which the Holy Face arrived in Lucca from the region of Judea in 782 (another copy says 742). The Holy Face is housed in the free-standing octagonal tempietto ("little temple") in the left-hand aisle of Lucca Cathedral. The sacristy of Carrara marble was built for the purpose in 1484 by Matteo Civitali, the sculptor-architect of Lucca. Copies of a similar size –the Volto Santo measures eight-foot-tall (2.4 m)– from the 12th century are found widely spread across Europe.

~20 min at this stop