Leaning Tower of Pisa – Lucca City Walls loop from San Miniato-Fucecchio

Leaning Tower of Pisa – Lucca City Walls loop from San Miniato-Fucecchio

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Leaning Tower of Pisa – Lucca City Walls loop from San Miniato-Fucecchio

10:11

196km

910m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 43.3 km for 208 m

After 64.2 km for 69 m

After 66.5 km for 96 m

After 68.4 km for 85 m

After 176 km for 82 m

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43.4 km

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Highlight • Monument

The tower of Pisa is the bell tower of the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, in the famous Piazza del Duomo of which it is the most famous monument due to its characteristic slope, a symbol of Pisa and among the iconic symbols of Italy.
Source: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_di_Pisa

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51.5 km

Protected natural area of local interest "Monte Castellare"

Nature Reserve

61.4 km

Nottolini Aqueduct

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In 1822, Maria Luisa di Borbone, Duchess of Lucca, decided on the construction of the aqueduct and entrusted the supervision of the works to the Royal Architect Lorenzo Nottolini (hence the name of the work)

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66.5 km

Baluardo Santa Maria

Fort

67.2 km

St. Michael's Square

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Also called "the city of a hundred churches", Lucca is one of the most beautiful and loved cities of art in Tuscany. The amphitheater, its walls, the Cathedral of San Martino are just some of the many attractions not to be missed in this city which is located on the Via Francigena and on the Cammino del Volto Santo. The Volto Santo is a large wooden crucifix found inside the cathedral of San Martino.

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68.0 km

Lucca City Walls

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Lucca's city wall has enclosed the old city center since 180 BC. The current wall, built between 1504 and 1645, served as a defense against attacks from nearby Florence. The only use of the wall as a defense line was against the waters of the River Serchio on November 18, 1812. As one of the best-preserved examples of a 16th-century European fortification, the wall remains an impressive symbol of Lucca's rich history.

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68.6 km

Walls of Lucca

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Great Bavarian cuisine right behind the wall 😁

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79.4 km

San Giusto Parish

Highlight • Religious Site

The Church of San Giusto is an important church in Porcari, a town in the Italian region of Tuscany. The church was built to replace a much older church at the end of the 15th century. It was extended to three naves in 1745 and further enlarged in the last century. The facade was completed in 1884 and the church was consecrated in 1930. From the church, you have a beautiful view of the town.

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103 km

Medici Bridge at Ponte a Cappiano

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Located on the Via Francigena, it houses a hospice for pilgrims.
The Medici Bridge of Cappiano on the Usciana canal, emissary of the Fucecchio Marshes, had in the past an important role in the internal navigation system, allowing, until the nineteenth-century reclamations, commercial relations in the stretch between Pistoia and Pisa.

Its current form dates back to the first half of the sixteenth century when Cosimo I de' Medici decided to rebuild it, as documented by the marble epigraphs affixed to its brick structures. The open and covered bridges and the various annexed buildings date back to that period: the inn, the ironworks, the mill and the house of the administrator of the farm.
However, there was already news of this bridge in the Middle Ages, managed by the Hospitallers of Altopascio and included in the Via Francigena itinerary. In 1325, during a conflict between Florence and Lucca, it was destroyed. It was subsequently rebuilt and equipped with a tower and drawbridges, a lock to regulate the flow of water and eel fishing. There was also a mill and a water-powered saw for cutting wood. See: viamedicea.it/it/lungo-il-cammino/ponte-mediceo-di-cappiano

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