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Lugo
All you need to know about Lugo: the numbers to keep at hand, a few curiosities and what there is to see and do.
Useful numbers in Lugo
Save them on your phone before you leave: tap a number to call.
Emergencies
One number for every emergency: police, fire brigade and ambulance. Free, works with no credit, and they also answer in English.
The old numbers 113 (police), 115 (fire brigade) and 118 (ambulance) still work: they all reach the same 112 centre.
Out-of-hours doctor
For minor health problems when GPs are closed: at night, at weekends and on public holidays. Run by AUSL Romagna.
Health and emergencies in Lugo
Emergency room, CAU, out-of-hours doctor, doctor for tourists, Red Cross: what to do if you fall ill, explained for visitors from abroad.
Emergency room
- Ospedale Umberto Primoin town · Viale Dante Alighieri 10
- Ospedale degli Infermi15 km as the crow flies · Faenza · Viale Stradone 9
Town hall of Lugo
0545 299417 Switchboard
Piazza Dei Martiri 1
Mayor: Elena Zannoni
Postcode and dialling code
Postcode 48022
Dialling code 0545
From a foreign mobile: +39 and then the whole number, 0 included.
Post offices 3
Police stations 3
Pharmacies 3
The pharmacies open at night and on holidays are listed on the door of every pharmacy.
- Farmacia RossiVia Eustacchio Manfredi 5
- Farmacia della RoccaVia Albertino Acquacalda 2
- Farmacia Della VillaVia Provinciale Bagnara 78
Vets
For a pet that falls ill on holiday. Call before you go.
None in this town: the nearest one is in a neighbouring town.
Lugo in numbers
Official open data: the source is under every number.
The locals are called lughesi in Italian.
Patron saint: Hilary of Galeata.
Twinned with: Nervesa della Battaglia, Kulmbach, Yokneam Illit, Budva, Wexford, Choisy-le-Roi, Tai'an, Geel.
Born in Lugo
- Charles PonziItalian businessman and con artist (1882–1949) · 1882
- Gregorio Ricci-CurbastroItalian mathematician (1853–1925) · 1853
- Pierluigi MartiniItalian racecar driver · 1961
What to see and do in Lugo
First our own hand-written cards, then what OpenStreetMap knows on top.
Monuments and places 5
The whole listMuseums and exhibitions 4
The whole listMuseo Francesco Baracca
Lugo · via Francesco Baracca 65
In the birthplace of Francesco Baracca, born in Lugo in 1888, cavalry officer and the leading Italian flying ace of the Great War: memorabilia, documents and his aircraft. The prancing horse on his plane became the emblem of Ferrari.
Casa Rossini
Lugo
The house where Gioachino Rossini lived as a boy between 1802 and 1804, the years of his first music studies: a museum "of the teenage genius" made of sounds, documents and memories.
Quando le ali divennero realtà. Il mito del volo nella Belle Époque
26 September - 21 November
Lugo · Biblioteca Trisi
For the hundred years of the Baracca Museum: books, magazines and images on the dream of flying, from the balloons over Lugo's Pavaglione to the first aviators from Lugo, up to the myth of the pilot in popular culture.
- Casa-Museo RossiniMuseum
Castles and fortresses 16
The whole list
Photo: IL PARTICOLARE, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia CommonsRocca Estense
Lugo
On the main square, it is the seat of the town hall: of the Este fortress there remain the keep and the hanging garden on the walls. The interiors can be seen on opening days.
- Casa CapucciCastle
- Casa dei Conti SamaritaniCastle
- Casa GagliardiCastle
- Casa MarangoniCastle
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- Casa TomisaniCastle
- Castello di Santa Maria in FabriagoCastle
- Ex Orfanotrofio e chiesa di Santa LuciaCastle
- Ex Ospedale Madonna del LimiteCastle
- Palazzo Cantua-CavalliniCastle
- Palazzo CapucciCastle
- Palazzo dei Conti Rossi ora Albergo Ala d'OroCastle
- Palazzo del ConsorzioCastle
- Palazzo Ricci BartoloniCastle
- Palazzo Rossi poi TellariniCastle
- Rocca di LugoCastle
Churches 6
- Chiesa del CarminePlace of worship
- Chiesa della Collegiata dei Santi Francesco e IlaroPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San Francesco di PaolaPlace of worship
- Chiesa di Sant'OnofrioPlace of worship
- Santa Maria in FabriagoPlace of worship
- Santuario della Beata Vergine del MolinoPlace of worship
Parks and gardens 31
- Campo SportivoPark
- Circuito del palio di GioveccaPark
- GEA- Il giardino del tempoPark · Via Giovecca 10
- Giardino dei bambiniPark
- Giardino dei pioppi cipressiniPark
- Giardino dello shoppingPark
- Giardino del pioppo biancoPark
- Giardino di Choisy LeRoiPark
- Giardino di KulmbachPark
- Giardino Marinai d'ItaliaPark
- Giardino OmbrosoPark
- Giardino Pensile della RoccaPark
Show all (31)
- Giardino RicreativoPark
- Gli orti giardinoPark
- Il giardino della salutePark
- Parco AbbaPark
- Parco Andrea GolferaPark
- Parco dei Mulini LugoPark · Via Don Angelo Ceroni
- Parco del Campetto della ChiesaPark
- Parco della PacePark
- Parco del LotoPark
- Parco del TondoPark
- Parco del tricolorePark
- Parco Giochi VoltanaPark
- Parco Lorenzo BerardiPark
- Parco Monumento MeridianaPark
- Parco ParadisoPark
- Parco RotaryPark
- Parco Saturno MontanariGarden
- Parco Vincenzo GiardiniPark
- Piccola Oasi "Lilly e i Vagabondi"Park
Clubs and dance halls 1
The whole list- Baccara DiscoClubClub
Tour guides 3
The whole list- OrienteOccidenteAn association founded in 2002 by a group of Ravenna guides: the mosaics and monuments of the city, with itineraries in Ferrara, the Po Delta and Bologna too.
- Cooperativa Il PapaveroA cooperative of licensed tour guides and tour leaders, working for over twenty years in Ravenna and the main places nearby.
- Ravenna Friendly GuidesA group of independent Ravenna guides with a focus on accessible and inclusive tourism: visits designed for people with disabilities too.
Luggage storage 2
The whole listStay and eat in Lugo
The full lists, with the website and the map of every place.
Upcoming events in Lugo
19-20 Oct
Strings of the Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia - Reopening Concerts
Teatro Rossini, Lugo
Mon 21 Dec · 20:30
Cameristi della Scala - Winter Light. Italian Music for Christmas Time
Teatro Rossini, Lugo
Getting to Lugo
A driver meets you on arrival and takes you to your hotel, the fair or the concert. Fixed price, book online.
Other towns in the area
- Alfonsine
- Bagnacavallo
- Bagnara di Romagna
- Brisighella
- Casola Valsenio
- Castel Bolognese
- Cervia
- Conselice
- Cotignola
- Faenza
- Fusignano
- Massa Lombarda
- Ravenna
- Riolo Terme
- Russi
- Sant'Agata sul Santerno
- Solarolo
Sources: population ISTAT; phone, address and mayor from the Italian public administration index; vehicles ACI; businesses ISTAT; saints, twin towns and people Wikidata; places and services OpenStreetMap. Found a mistake? The right number is always the one on the official site. Lists from OpenStreetMap, read on 3 October 2026.