Lucca

We took a day trip to the town of Lucca.   While Lucca doesn't have the same overload of artistic treasures as Florence, it is a town which has its relatively intact medieval walls and something resembling its original streetscapes.  We enjoyed wandering around the town, and there were three wonderful old churches, all dating back to the 13th century.  One of the churches was even partially constructed with stones from a Roman amphitheater (Lucca was a Roman town, as well, and still features the original Roman street layout.)
Here is one church, with a peculiarly asymmetric facade:

Inside, a very decorative ceiling

And a tomb which spoke to me:

Another church:

And one with a mosaic facade:

We also wandered into the garden of a palazzo, where I got entranced by some bamboo.

Finally, on our return, I was able to admire the beautiful 1930's architecture of the train station, one of the few (only?) modern things in Florence.