Lucca

Lucca, cap. of the Italian prov. of Lucca (309), on the Serchio, 12 m. NE. of Pisa; has an extensive trade in olive-oil, silk, and capers, the specialty of the province. Its cathedral has a very ancient cedar crucifix, fine paintings, and valuable archives. There are other ancient churches, scientific and artistic institutes, and a wonderful aqueduct of 459 arches. The natives are known over Europe as stucco figure-sellers and organ-grinders.

Population (circa 1900) given as 20,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Lucaris, Cyril * Lucerne
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Lowe, Sir Hudson
Lowell, James Russell
Lower Empire
Lowestoft
Lowth, Robert
Loyola, Ignatius
Lubbock, Sir John
Lübeck
Lucan
Lucaris, Cyril
Lucca
Lucerne
Lucian
Lucifer
Lücke, Friedrich
Lucknow
Lucretia
Lucretius, Titus Carus
Lucullus, Lucius
Luddism
Luddites

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