Barco Tower – Walls of Alfonso II d'Este loop from Ferrara

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Italy

Emilia-Romagna

Ferrara

Barco Tower – Walls of Alfonso II d'Este loop from Ferrara

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Barco Tower – Walls of Alfonso II d'Este loop from Ferrara

02:15

8.89km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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584 m

Torrione di San Giovanni

Highlight • Monument

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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2.40 km

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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2.91 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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3.65 km

Barco Tower

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The keep is made up of a structure in the shape of a large and low tower, with a total diameter of twenty-one meters and therefore it is the largest …

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3.92 km

Walls of Alfonso II d'Este

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History
Section of walls built between 1575 and 1585 by Duke Alfonso II d'Este. With this work, the city walls are almost completely finished.

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7.61 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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8.89 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.16 km

1.68 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.68 km