THE CITY? LUCCA HAD A KEY POSITION ALONG THE VIA FRANCIGENA, WHICH “ENTERS” INTO THE HISTORIC CENTER THROUGH PORTA SAN DONATO, THE THIRD LARGE GATE OF THE RENAISSANCE CIRCLE, WEST OF THE CITY AND RUNS ALONG THE HISTORIC CENTER FOLLOWING THE ROUTE OF THE ANCIENT DECUMANUS THAT LEADS TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CITY? IT’S THE SAME. EVEN TODAY, ALONG THE ANCIENT DECUMANUS TODAY PROPOSED AS A ROUTE OF THE FRANCIGENA, AND USING THE DENSE NETWORK OF ROADS THAT ON THAT ONE GRAFTS, THE VISITOR FINDS THE MANY ANCIENT PLACES OF DEVOTION, HOSPITALITY, HOSPITALITY AND COMMERCE THAT THE PILGRIM ENTERED THE WALLS LARGELY FOUND. THE PATH OF THE ROUTE CROSSES PIAZZA SAN MICHELE, AN ANCIENT ROMAN FORUM AND STAGE OF THE ROUTE AS THE SEAT OF ONE OF THE MOST? BEAUTIFUL ROMANESQUE CHURCHES, DEDICATED TO SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL. SMALL DEVIATIONS FROM THE ROUTE ALLOW YOU TO REACH THE BASILICA OF S. FREDIANO AND THE CATHEDRAL OF SAN MARTINO, STILL TODAY A PILGRIMAGE DESTINATION FOR