Lugo

Lugo (445 m)
Climate diagram
	Temperature in ° C , precipitation in mm
	Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, period 1985-2010

Lugo municipality
	Lugo: View from the city wall over the city and the cathedral
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	Lugo
Comarca :	Lugo
Coordinates	43 ° 1 ′ N , 7 ° 34 ′ W Coordinates: 43 ° 1 ′ N , 7 ° 34 ′ W
Height :	465 msnm
Area :	329.78 km²
Residents :	98,276 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	298 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	27001-27004
Municipality number ( INE ):	27028
administration
Mayor :	Lara Méndez ( PSdeG-PSOE )
Website :	lugo.gal

Lugo is a city in the province of the same name in the Autonomous Region (Comunidade Autónoma) of Galicia in north-western Spain . It is traversed by the Rio Miño and has 98,276 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

Location of Lugo in Galicia

history

Lugo is the oldest city in Galicia. Its foundation goes back to the expansive policy of the Romans in the time of the emperor Augustus . This aimed, among other things, at pacifying the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula permanently. Paulus Fabius Maximus founded 14-13 BC In the name of his emperor the place Lucus Augusti on the place of about 25 BC. Existing military camp.

Attractions

The old city center is completely surrounded by the more than two kilometers long Roman city wall of Lugo from the 3rd century, which has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000 . The wall is between six and eight meters thick, about twelve meters high at the highest point and has 85, mostly semicircular towers. The wall had five gates in Roman times and ten gates today.
The Romanesque Cathedral of Santa Maria , episcopal church of the Roman Catholic diocese of Lugo , was built in the 12th century, but has also received Gothic , Baroque and neoclassical components in the course of its history . The Romanesque building replaced a first church from 755; it was completed in 1273. The cathedral received the title of minor basilica in 1896 .

Roman city wall
cathedral
Círculo de Las Artes

Demographics

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Círculo de Las Artes in World Cup atmosphere

Climate table

Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Lugo (445 m)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	10.6	12.3	15.2	15.7	19.3	22.3	24.4	25.2	23.0	18.3	13.3	11.0	O	17.6
Min. Temperature (° C)	1.8	1.7	3.0	4.3	7.2	9.9	12.0	11.8	9.8	7.6	4.5	2.7	O	6.4
Temperature (° C)	6.2	7.0	9.2	10.0	13.2	16.1	18.2	18.5	16.4	12.9	8.9	6.9	O	12

Precipitation ( mm )	114	87	80	102	81	52	34	36	68	137	144	134	Σ	1,069

Rainy days ( d )	14.0	11.1	11.2	14.0	11.6	6.6	4.6	5.2	7.7	13.6	14.3	13.8	Σ	127.7

Humidity ( % )	83	79	74	75	73	73	73	72	75	81	85	85	O	77.3

Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, period 1985-2010

Sports

In 2005 the world championships in three cushion were held in the Círculo de Las Artes . Daniel Sánchez was able to use his home advantage and beat the Dutchman Jean Paul de Bruijn in the final and get his second title after 1998. The fourth three-cushion World Cup was held in Lugo as early as 2001 .