Museum and archaeological sites

The two storey house is quite small and it has been preserved in an excellent way. The family of the famous composer Gioacchino Rossini lived here for a long time. Gioacchino’s father lived here till 1790, then he moved to Pesaro. As he came back, the house had been occupied by another family so they moved into another house in the same area.

The centre exhibits a rich collection of preindustrial manufactures realized with marsh grass, willow and poplar wood.

Historical museum dedicated to the famous aviator of World War I, Francesco Baracca. The museum dedicated to the Italian aviation pioneer has a display of several personal objects of Francesco Baracca, together with historical documents; amongst the exhibits there’s also one of the airplanes that Baracca piloted during one of his 34 victories, the SPAD VII, dated 1917. One side of the aircraft has the personal coat of arms of the major Baracca; it represents a rampant horse, which is world wide reknown because Enzo Ferrari decided to use it as the symbol of his cars.

The art museum named after Luigi Varoli has four sections: one is the art scholl “Scuola Arte e Mestieri”, the second is Varoli’s house “Casa Varoli”, the third Arialdo Magnani’s house Varoli’s pupil and the last part is located inside Palazzo Sforza. The museum is dedicated to the local artist Luigi Varoli (1889-1958), who had a strong influence on many local artists.

The museum is hosted in a modern building (built in 1981). It preserves documents relating to the hard times of World War II in Romagna, with a particular attention to the so called Gothic Line

The former convent of the Cappuccine nuns of Bagnacavallo hosts the Museo Civico Le Cappuccine with the ancient and modern painting collection and the prints collection with old and contemporary engravings and the Public Library “G. Taroni” which preserves an old archive and a collection of contemporary books and magazines with the historical archives of local documents.

The museum is in the parsonage of the church of San Giovanni Battista and Sant’ Andrea Apostolo and it houses letters and personal objects of the famous musician Pietro Mascagni.

La Bottega dello Sguardo is a former artisan shop which houses a library – media library dedicated to performance subjects starting with the archive of Renata M. Molinari. The space will be the centre of other activities of the cultural association by the same name, which wants to create a network between those who love theatre and its stories, and promote in the region the ability to read and understand artistic and cultural processes through meetings, workshops, conferences, theatre readings, guided paths.

This is a museum dedicated to aviation and war history; the exhibits include objects found by the members of the R.a.F (Romagna Air Finders), amongst which the remains of a Thunderball P47, an airplane of the Brazilian army which was found on the hills of the area of Bologna, and a Mersserschimtt BF109G, a german airplane founded in the countryside around San Bernardino od Lugo with the rests of its pilot Hans Fischer.

Lugo’s Historical Archive complex preserves documentation on the economic and social life of the Lugo community from the 13th to the 20th century and consists of more than 10,000 pieces estimated at about 1,300 linear meters.