Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.

Lucca is known as an Italian "Città d'arte" (City of Art) from its intact Renaissance-era city walls and its very well preserved historic center, where, among other buildings and monuments, are located the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, which has its origins in the second half of the 1st century A.D. and the Guinigi Tower, a 45-metre-tall (150 ft) tower that dates from the 1300s.

The city is also the birthplace of numerous world-class composers, including Giacomo Puccini, Alfredo Catalani, and Luigi Boccherini.

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The Chiesa di San Michele in Foro (Church of San Michele in Foro), is one of the most beautiful and enchanting historical structures of the city of Lucca. It is a Roman Catholic Church which was built over the remains of the ancient Roman forum. Until 1370, the church was the seat of the Consiglio Maggiore (the Major Council), which was considered as the most important assembly of the commune’s. The most significant feature of this church is that it was originally designed to be dedicated to the Archangel Michael.

The mention of San Michele in Foro, is found in the historical records of the period of 795, as being originally in the forum. In 1070 Alexander Pope II gave the orders for rebuilding the church in its current location. The church itself is rightly considered as one of the most frequented and enchanting tourist attractions in whole of Lucca, because of its exquisite detailed designing and magnificence.

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