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NGC 6744 is the nearest and brightest south-hemisphere galaxy with amorphological type similar to that of the Milky Way. Using data obtained withthe Integral Field Unit of the Gemini South Multi-Object Spectrograph, we foundthat this galaxy has a nucleus with LINER (Low Ionization Nuclear Emission LineRegion) surrounded by three line emitting regions. The analysis of the HubbleSpace Telescope archival images revealed that the nucleus is associated with ablue compact source, probably corresponding to the active galactic nucleus(AGN). The circumnuclear emission seems to be part of the extended narrow lineregion of the AGN. One of these regions, located $\sim$1" southeast of thenucleus, seems to be associated with the ionization cone of the AGN. The othertwo regions are located $\sim$1" south and $\sim$0.6" northeast of the nucleusand are not aligned with the gaseous rotating disk. Spectral synthesis showsevidence that this galaxy may have gone through a merger about one billionyears ago. On the basis of the kinematic behavior, we found a gaseous rotatingdisk, not co-aligned with the stellar disk. Given the relative degree ofionization and luminosities of the nuclear and circumnuclear regions, wesuggest that the AGN was more luminous in the past and that the currentcircumnuclear emissions are echoes of that phase.

NGC 6744 - A nearby Milky Way twin with a very low-luminosity AGN