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Lucca was found on the left of the Serchio, between the Appennine slopes of the Pizzorne and the Pisano mount. Behind the red town-walls conserve jealousy its illustrious past. The walls fortifications that encircle the city are the third and last ones that the city has constructed between 1504 and 1645, without but never having to use them like defense. Of the roman city, the greater memory is the anfiteatro, designed from medieval houses. The medieval city was characterized from high towers, unexpected winding alleys and wide that are opened on the great Romanesque buildings. The republic democratic had a short life in 1799 until the moment in which Napoleone, in 1805, assigned like a principato of Lucca to the Elisa his sister; later on, Lucca was for 30 years independent ducato, in order then was assigned in 1817 to the Borbone of Parma. In 1847 it was included to the Granducato of Tuscany, with which become part of the Italian Kindom.