Monument to Francesco Baracca

In the heart of the city of Lugo di Romagna there is the monument to Francesco Baracca nicknamed the ace of the military aviation aces of the First World War.
From here Ferrari took the coat of arms of the prancing horse and made it famous all over the world.
Adjacent there are the castle and the pavaglione square not to be missed.

The Ala di Baracca is the commemorative monument dedicated to the hero of the First World War by the city of LugoHero of the First World War, who fell in a plane during a fight on the heights of Montello, near Treviso, in 1918, Francesco Baracca was definitely a distinctive character of the Italian aviation during the First World War.(Source: ilromagnolo.info/rubriche/arte/lala-di-baracca-lugo )

Next to the grandeur of the Estense Fortress and the charm of Pavaglione stands the monument to Francesco Baracca, an ace of aviation; it was Countess Paolina, his mother, who in 1923 granted Enzo Ferrari the use of the prancing horse that had adorned her son's plane, thus becoming the symbol of the most famous car manufacturer in the world 🏎