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LUCCA

Description

Street circuit used from 1935 to 1938 for Coppa Edda Ciano (Edda Ciano Cup). I don’t know if circuit used in 1954 was the same.

Location

Lucca
LU - Lucca - Toscana

Location

On town wall. Porta Vittorio Emanuele has been renamed Porta S.Anna (Porta = Gate)

Latitude - Longitude

+ 43°50'19" + 10°30'04"
43.838611 10.501111

UTM Coordinates

X = 620676.572 - Y = 4855043.027 - Zone 32T

Aerial photo / Map (*)

OpenStreetMap - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Google Maps - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Bing Maps - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Flash Earth - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Wikimapia

Altitude AMSL

Inauguration

1935

Closing

Designer

Sources and links (Translation) (**)

(1)

Guida d’Italia del Touring Club Italiano - Liguria, Toscana settentr., Emilia - vol II (page 384)

Published by: Touring Club Italiano - Published in: Italia - year: 1916

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Circuito delle Mura

Description
Years	1935÷1938, 1954
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	April 4^th 2006
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	2350 m	7710 ft	1.46 mi

Lucca, Circuito delle Mura

PHOTOS

Photos by Guido de Carli - November 1^st 2004
Click on thumbnail to open original large photo

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Passeggio delle Mura (Wall path), the road over town wall, in opposite direction. Photo taken above Porta (= Gate) Vittorio Emanuele Piazzale (= Square) Verdi, taken from Paseggio delle Mura above Porta (= Gate) Vittorio Emanuele (see photo #6) Passeggio delle Mura (Wall path), the road over town wall. Photo taken more or less in the same position where two previous photos have been taken Downhill road that links Town Wall and Piazzale Verdi

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Piazzale Verdi and Porta Vittorio Emanuele. Photo taken in the same position where the previous one has been taken: the half man on the right with a white bag can be seen also on the left of previous pic. Same road shown on previous pic; photo taken in opposite direction close to Porta Vittorio Emanuele (see photo #2) Porta Vittorio Emanuele: inside Porta Vittorio Emanuele: external side

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Porta Vittorio Emanuele: external side Town Wall, with Baluardo S.Paolino Viale Giosué Carducci

Updates

Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note

November 2^nd 2004 Guido de Carli New Photos (on this site)

January 25^th 2004 Guido de Carli Guido de Carli New Description with map

Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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Passeggio delle Mura (Wall path), the road over town wall, in opposite direction. Photo taken above Porta (= Gate) Vittorio Emanuele	Piazzale (= Square) Verdi, taken from Paseggio delle Mura above Porta (= Gate) Vittorio Emanuele (see photo #6)	Passeggio delle Mura (Wall path), the road over town wall. Photo taken more or less in the same position where two previous photos have been taken	Downhill road that links Town Wall and Piazzale Verdi

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Piazzale Verdi and Porta Vittorio Emanuele. Photo taken in the same position where the previous one has been taken: the half man on the right with a white bag can be seen also on the left of previous pic.	Same road shown on previous pic; photo taken in opposite direction close to Porta Vittorio Emanuele (see photo #2)	Porta Vittorio Emanuele: inside	Porta Vittorio Emanuele: external side

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Porta Vittorio Emanuele: external side	Town Wall, with Baluardo S.Paolino	Viale Giosué Carducci

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
November 2^nd 2004			Guido de Carli			New	Photos (on this site)
January 25^th 2004			Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		New	Description with map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list