 Montecarlo, Tuscany

Montecarlo is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about east of Lucca.Fort and village Montecarlo was founded in 1333 by future Bohemian king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (Montecarlo in Italian means "Charles' Mountain"), who freed the nearby city of Lucca from the Pisan rule.