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Panperduto Dam and Start of the Villoresi Canal

Panperduto Dam and Start of the Villoresi Canal

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Location: Somma Lombardo, Varese, Lombardy, Italy

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Top cycling routes to Panperduto Dam and Start of the Villoresi Canal

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1. Along Ticino and Villoresi Canal from Gallarate − loop tour

37.6km

02:20

190m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Naviglio Grande Cycle Path – Panperduto Dam loop from Gaggiano

113km

06:32

320m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Villoresi Canal – Villoresi Canal Cycle Path loop from Garbagnate Parco delle Groane

93.8km

05:53

250m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Ministryfab Viaggiepedali

June 29, 2023

The Villoresi canal: It originates here from the Panperduto dam in the Maddalena area (Somma Lombardo), a hamlet of Somma Lombardo, and flows into the Adda river or, alternatively, into the Martesana canal near Cassano d'Adda at the end of a long route 86 km which qualifies it as the second longest artificial waterway in Italy, after the Emiliano Romagnolo canal and in front of the Cavour canal.

The canal, which runs horizontally from west to east, in the upper plain of Milan, was completed in 1890.

The Industrial Canal: also known as the Vizzola canal, is an artificial watercourse that derives its waters from the Ticino river, through the Panperduto dam near Somma Lombardo, where the waters of the Villoresi canal are also derived[1]. The canal was inaugurated in 1900, with the name of "Vittorio Emanuele III industrial canal", its construction was due to the production of hydroelectric energy. In fact, the industrial canal drives the turbines of three hydroelectric power plants: the Vizzola power plant, the Tornavento power plant and the Castelli di Turbigo power plant. Just beyond this facility the canal branches into 3 channels: on the left most of the water (64 m³/s in summer, 35 m³/s in winter) flows into the Naviglio Grande, which receives its effective flow here; [2] in the centre, however, the Turbighetto discharger originates, having a flow rate of approximately 50 m³/s. This flows into the Ticino, after having activated the turbines of a fourth hydroelectric power plant: the Turbigo Inferiore power plant. The regression channel originates on the right. This third branch flows into the Ticino in the Casa delle Barche area. Through a gravel dam on the Ticino its waters are conveyed into the Langosco canal, activating the Varzi hydroelectric power plant.

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Alessandro

November 27, 2023

Somma Lombardo - km0 Villoresi Canal

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Giacomo Tala🇳🇺

May 19, 2021

Nice gravel route along the Villoresi

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Location: Somma Lombardo, Varese, Lombardy, Italy

Panperduto Dam and Start of the Villoresi Canal

1. Along Ticino and Villoresi Canal from Gallarate − loop tour

2. Naviglio Grande Cycle Path – Panperduto Dam loop from Gaggiano

3. Villoresi Canal – Villoresi Canal Cycle Path loop from Garbagnate Parco delle Groane

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