Name: La Rizza Nature Reserve
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Location: Bentivoglio, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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1. La Rizza Nature Reserve – Bentivoglio Castle loop from Bologna Fiere

107km

06:26

150m

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2. Battiferro Lock – Ponte della Bionda loop from San Pietro in Casale

56.5km

03:44

100m

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

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3. Ponte della Bionda – La Rizza Nature Reserve loop from Bologna Borgo Panigale

58.9km

03:59

120m

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ellierob

September 21, 2023

Forty hectares of wetlands and woods where you can observe lots of birdlife. A perfect place for bird watching or fish watching. There is also a shed with glass under the water to observe the habitat. This can be the perfect place to stop. A restaurant-hostel is open on Saturday and Sunday.

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Davide

April 21, 2024

The protected natural area of the Ex Risaia di Bentivoglio, also known by the name of Oasi La Rizza, is located in the northern part of the municipal territory and located in that part of the plain affected, in the recent past, by the cultivation of rice: the area of the former rice fields.

Before the rice fields, in historical times, still in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the entire area was characterized by marshy land that flooded during the periodic flooding of the rivers, which were then poorly or not at all dammed.

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Once the rice farming activity ended, the agricultural landscape was replaced by dry crops such as wheat, beetroot, corn ...

The nineties saw a small but substantial revolution in this monoculture landscape, thanks to the provision of community contributions in 1998 what was an anonymous triangle of fields was transformed into the natural area we know today, through environmental restoration interventions natural features typical of the plain.

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(Source: oasilarizza.it/it-it/oasi/rubriche/il-territorio-e-la-sua-storia-3181-1-7111ab2cdc775bb24e1c1cd44521fd51 )

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Location: Bentivoglio, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

La Rizza Nature Reserve

1. La Rizza Nature Reserve – Bentivoglio Castle loop from Bologna Fiere

2. Battiferro Lock – Ponte della Bionda loop from San Pietro in Casale

3. Ponte della Bionda – La Rizza Nature Reserve loop from Bologna Borgo Panigale

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