Lugo, Municipality in northwestern Galicia, Spain
Lugo is a town in northwestern Galicia, Spain, located on the Miño River and enclosed by Roman walls that circle the entire historic core. Within the walls, narrow streets extend with cobbled squares, churches from several eras, and residential houses that cluster around the cathedral and the old town hall.
The Romans founded the settlement in the first century BC as a military camp and expanded the fortification during the third century AD to protect the region from Germanic invasions. In the Middle Ages the town grew within the old walls, and new neighborhoods emerged only in the 19th century outside the Roman ring.
Visitors explore the name, the word Lucus meaning sacred grove, while the second part Augusti refers to Emperor Augustus. Locals gather in Praza Maior for shopping, and the narrow streets within the old centre show traditional galleries with glassed balconies that reflect Atlantic influence.
The wall top offers a walking circuit that takes just under an hour to complete and gives views over the surrounding houses and the riverbank. Several staircases lead up to the rampart promenade from different points in the old town, so visitors can go up or down at any time.
On the towers of the walls, small niches remain where guards in Roman times placed lanterns or signal fires to communicate at night. The rampart promenade today serves as a public space where locals jog, walk, and meet, turning the defensive walkway into an everyday gathering spot.
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Roman Walls of Lugo
355 m
Catedral de Santa María de Lugo
292 m
Church of Santalla de Bóveda de Mera
11.1 km
Marcelle Natureza
8.7 km
Roman bridge of Lugo
1.2 km
Iglesia de San Pedro
119 m
Roman thermae of Lucus Augusti
1.2 km
Provincial Museum of Lugo
139 m
Casa Consistorial de Lugo
219 m
University Museum A Domus do Mitreo
313 m
Archivo Histórico Provincial de Lugo
761 m
Praza Maior de Lugo
221 m
Pazo de San Marcos
161 m
Biblioteca Nodal de Lugo
847 m
Archivo del Museo Provincial de Lugo
137 m
Viaduto da Chanca
897 m
Caneiro do Piago
9.8 km
Museo Diocesano e Catedralicio de Lugo
288 m
Triumph arch (sculpture)
264 m
Tower of Riazón
7.5 km
Igrexa Parroquial de Santiago de Meilán
3.3 km
Conjunto histórico de Lugo
49 m
Biblioteca del Colegio Oficial de Aparejadores, Arquitectos Técnicos e Ingenieros de Edificación de Lugo
502 m
Biblioteca del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Lugo
552 m
Biblioteca del Círculo de las Artes
276 m
Biblioteca del conservatorio profesional de música de Lugo
1.6 km
Biblioteca de la Audiencia Provincial de Lugo
646 m
Biblioteca Auxiliar del Seminario Diocesano de Lugo
457 m
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