The square of the amphitheatre - Lucca

The square of the amphitheatre is a square of the town of Lucca, built on the restive of the ancient Roman amphitheatre, that determined of it the elliptical shape lock.
The plan of the square and raised of about 3 meters with respect to the Roman arena. On the square a lot of shops opened and to the inside of some are still visible the republican structures of period. The access to the square is possible means 4 doors to time, but alone an of these, the most low, traces precisely one of the lighted natives. Still today hold a fair in different occasion such as Christmas and in other holiday; very evocative is the market of the flowers that it is held for the party of Saint Zita, patron of Lucca, 27 April of every year.