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Colle di Compito

Wiki information for Colle do Compito
https://second.wiki/wiki/colle_di_compito

Stats about Colle di Compito:
https://www.city-facts.com/colle-di-compito

Lucca’s wiki entry refers to a World War II prisoner of war camp in Colle di Compito:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucca

Local

Compitese is the collective noun for the villages in the immediate vicinity:
https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compitese

The Pieve di Compito(arboretum of Camellias) in Pieve di Compito :
https://internationalcamellia.org/camellietum-compitese
https://camellietumcompitese.com/

On the plane below the village was once a large lake, Lago di Bientina, which was drained in the 19th century:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_di_Bientina

Via Francigena is a pilgrim route from Canterbury to Rome and beyond. It passes through Lucca and heads south via Siena:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Francigena
https://www.turismo.lucca.it/en/lucca-via-francigena-en

Acquedotto del Nottolini, Lucca:
https://www.bella-toscana.com/acquedotto-del-nottolini-lucca/

The Garfagnana is the area to the north of Lucca where the Serchio rises and through which it flows:
https://mytravelintuscany.com/garfagnana-italy-tuscany/

Lucca chamber of commerce has a few nice short videos on this channel. Some are narrated in English and some in Italian. If you need it, YouTube will let you auto-translate auto-generated subtitles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=labHaGROw84&list=PLvStIwesyayRPuDY7Df3ZC8PpZUJ9DHFP

Online Lucca magazine in English:
https://www.luccagrapevine.com/

Information about Lucca and events:
https://www.dovealucca.it/

Events in Tuscany:
https://www.eventiintoscana.it/

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