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A seaside café in the popular beach resort of Viareggio
Torre del Lago
Puccini
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Road map
B2.
cross it; the canny villagers
agreed and, when it was
finished, sent a dog across.
mausoleum between the
piano room and the gun room
where he kept his rifle (“my
second favourite instrument”).
The operas are performed in
the open-air theatre in summer
(see p35)
. The reed-fringed
lake is now a nature reserve.
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*
11,500.
V @
R
English Church
Via Crawford.
Tel
0583 80 84 62.
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n
Viale Kennedy 2 (0584 35 98 93).
by appt.
(
Fri (Jul & Aug: also Sun).
Teatro
Opera Puccini
Tel
0584 35 93 22.
P
Palazzo del Circolo
dei Forestieri
Piazza Varraud 10.
Tel
0583
860 38.
Museo Villa Puccini
Piazzale Belvedere Puccini 266
.
Tel
0584 34 14 45.
The composer Giacomo
Puccini (1858-1924)
(see
p179)
lived here, beside Lago
di Massaciuccoli, to indulge his
passion for shooting waterfowl.
He and his wife are buried in
the
Museo Villa Puccini,
in the
7
Z
Cimitero Anglicano
Via Letizia.
Tel
0583 80 84 62.
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Fri-Sun.
Tue-Sun. Apr-
Oct: 10am-12:30pm, 3-6pm (to
6:30pm Jun-Oct); Dec-Mar:
10am-12:30pm, 2:30-5:30pm.
¢
#
by appt.
R
Pieve di Brancoli
Vinchiana
.
Tel
0583 96 52 81.
#
www
.
giacomopuccini.it
Nov, 25 Dec.
& 7
by appt.
Viareggio
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Road map
B2.
*
60,000.
V @ n
Viale Carducci 10
(0584 96 22 33).
(
Thu.
Viareggio is famous for its
elegant “Liberty” style (Art
Nouveau) villas and hotels,
built in the 1920s after the
original boardwalk and timber
chalets of the resort went up in
flames in 1917. One example
is the Gran Caffè Margherita,
designed by Galileo Chini
(see
p194)
. The harbour has an
interesting mix of boatyards,
luxury yachts and fishing boats,
and offers fine views of the
Versilia coastline. Viareggio's
carnival, held on Sundays
from February to Lent and
on Shrove Tuesday, is famous
throughout Italy
(see p38).
Near Puccini's lakeside home at Torre del Lago Puccini
