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Ferrara City Walls – Barco Tower loop from Ferrara

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Ferrara City Walls – Barco Tower loop from Ferrara

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4.7

(32)

283

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Ferrara City Walls – Barco Tower loop from Ferrara

02:15

8.94km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 26, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.38 km

Torrione di San Giovanni

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Built between 1493 and 1497, the tower guarded the Porta of the same name located at the eastern end of the long decumanus of the Addizione Erculea. In 1518 Alfonso …

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2.30 km

Ferrara City Walls

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The walls of Ferrara are a fortified wall that originally completely surrounded the Este city for a total extension of about thirteen kilometers while today this is reduced to about nine kilometers.

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2.44 km

History
Starting from February 1550, Ercole II d'Este had the Rossettiano Torrione di Francolino transformed into a real residential structure, called Rotonda, exalted in verse precisely in that year by …

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2.96 km

Porta degli Angeli

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It opens in the Rossetti walls at the end of Corso Ercole I d'Este. Born as a watchtower, it was the ancient access to the ducal hunting estate of Barco, located where the "G. Bassani" Urban Park is now located.

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3.70 km

Barco Tower

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The keep is made up of a structure in the shape of a large and low tower, with a total diameter of twenty-one meters and therefore it is the largest …

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3.97 km

Walls of Alfonso II d'Este

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History
Section of walls built between 1575 and 1585 by Duke Alfonso II d'Este. With this work, the city walls are almost completely finished.

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7.66 km

Tower of Saint John the Baptist

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History
The Torrione di San Giovanni Battista, located at the end of Corso Porta Mare, was built starting from 1493 by order of Duke Ercole I d'Este by the court …

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8.94 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.00 km

1.69 km

236 m

Surfaces

2.81 km

2.32 km

2.24 km

1.04 km

286 m

236 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 5 July

33°C

21°C

26 %

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Ferrara City Walls – Barco Tower loop from Ferrara

Torrione di San Giovanni

Ferrara City Walls

Estense Icehouse

Porta degli Angeli

Barco Tower

Walls of Alfonso II d'Este

Tower of Saint John the Baptist

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