Porta degli Angeli – Porta degli Angeli loop from Pontegradella

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Porta degli Angeli – Porta degli Angeli loop from Pontegradella

Moderate

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Porta degli Angeli – Porta degli Angeli loop from Pontegradella

02:54

11.5km

20m

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: July 29, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.36 km

Punta di San Rocco

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History
Built in 1524 in "support" to the homonymous bulwark. Punta di San Rocco was equipped with two sixteenth-century gunboats placed on its faces.

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5.26 km

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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6.02 km

Porta degli Angeli

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History
Armed stronghold of the northern front of the Walls, the Gate with quadrangular tower was already in operation at the beginning of the 16th century, even if its final …

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6.06 km

Porta degli Angeli

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6.70 km

Francolino Tower – Montagnola Point

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History
First Torrione di Francolino, then Punta della Montagnola: an architecturally strategic site, changed over the centuries and still aesthetically fascinating today

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7.35 km

Torrione dell'Albero

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One of the towers of the Rossettian walls with a truly unique feature: a tree located exactly in the center of the tower itself, a natural champion in control of the city.

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7.65 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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7.66 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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11.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.1 km

1.22 km

154 m

< 100 m

Surfaces