Ferrari's prancing horse was born in Lugo: it was the personal emblem of Francesco Baracca, Italy's ace of aces born here in 1888, and his mother gave it to Enzo Ferrari to bring him luck. Museum and monument tell the pilot's story; the Pavaglione, the monumental four-sided portico of the silkworm market, tells of trading Este-era Romagna.
The Rossini theatre honours the composer's paternal family, at home in Lugo. The Sforza fortress, now the town hall, and the arcaded square beside it complete a lowland capital where piadina is debated with theological seriousness.
Near Lugo
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
