I go to Lucca often. Recently, I took this photo of the city from up hIgh. As you can see, Lucca town (Population 390,000) is entirely surrounded by fortifications.
The dimensions of the walls are startling. 4 kilometers long. Nearly 30 meters wide. Made up of 11 different earthworks. Read More...
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Suzanne White is the High Priestess of Chinese and Western Astrology. She's American and has lived in France for 50 years. She spends some months in America every year on house swaps. Suzanne says: One day I'm a rip-roaring Yankee and the next day I'm an dainty, elegant Parisienne My totally bi-lingual life is a kind of "managed schizophrenia". It's fun. I live for fun. I will probably die of it too.