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I did it last week after 6 or 7 years: still beautiful, but erosion has made the trail narrow, resulting in significant chasms. A 4 or 5-meter section can only be accessed by getting off your bike because it's very dangerous and slippery. However, its charm remains intact.

The memorial found here pays tribute to an Italian cyclist who died at a relatively young age - in a traffic accident, during a training ride of all things: Michele SCARPONI's (1979 to 2017) greatest sporting success was becoming the overall winner of the 2011 Giro d'Italia.

rideable climbs, well exposed for winter cycling

definitely for the Votigno nucleus which repays you for the climbs while for the Canossa castle what can I say.... to enjoy a wonderful view you have to climb up the tower which remains after centuries of abandonment on the spur of the hill but after the climbs done with the bike, which often reach 10%, the desire is not always left.

It was built around 940 by Adalberto Azzo. Known for having been the site of the "Pardon of Canossa": in the midst of the Investiture War, on 27 January 1077, Pope Gregory VII absolved Emperor Henry IV from excommunication in the presence of Countess Matilda and Abbot Hugh of Cluny.

The name of the castle stems from the term “Torciara”, literally “wine press”, as in the Middle Ages, this area this area was renowned for its vineyards and olive tree groves. Between 1448 and 1460, “condottiero” Pier Maria II de’ Rossi, a powerful lord of these lands, ordered the construction of this complex on a preexisting fortified building. The structure had to fulfill a double role, a dichotomy of sense and function. On the one hand, it was a military and defensive stronghold for the control of the underlying valley. On the other hand, however, it was the cradle of his love for Bianca Pellegrini di Arturo. Inside, the castle the decorations of the lunettes and of the rib vaults pay homage to the story of Pier Mattia and Bianca Pellegrini.

beautiful ride, to be avoided if it has just rained, in case avoid the passage from the park of Roncolo, and when it is too hot, otherwise it is beautiful

for info this is the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CastelloDiTorrechiara