Porta degli Angeli – Ferrara City Walls loop from Stadio Paolo Mazza

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Italy

Emilia-Romagna

Ferrara

Porta degli Angeli – Ferrara City Walls loop from Stadio Paolo Mazza

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Porta degli Angeli – Ferrara City Walls loop from Stadio Paolo Mazza

01:39

6.50km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 4, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.71 km

Porta degli Angeli

Highlight • Historical Site

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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3.21 km

Tower of Saint John the Baptist

Highlight • Historical Site

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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3.22 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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4.14 km

Ferrara City Walls

Highlight • Historical Site

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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4.28 km

Estense Icehouse

Highlight • Historical Site

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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6.50 km

End point

Bus stop

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