Bastion of the Mountain – Walls of Ferrara loop from Università degli Studi di Ferrara

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Bastion of the Mountain – Walls of Ferrara loop from Università degli Studi di Ferrara

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Bastion of the Mountain – Walls of Ferrara loop from Università degli Studi di Ferrara

02:09

8.44km

20m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.17 km

Bastion of the Mountain

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History
The bulwark of the Mountain, with that of San Tommaso, was built in the early sixteenth century using the earth obtained after the excavation of the outer moat of the walls for the erection of the Montagnone area.
The Montagnone, also called the Mountain of San Giorgio, in particular in the period of the duchy of Alfonso I d'Este was used as a military observation point and, mainly, as a privileged location for the powerful artillery of the Este seignory.
The triangle of the bulwark, which once housed gardens, was abandoned in later times to decay and the uncontrolled growth of vegetation. Only in the course of the twentieth century did it proceed, in different periods, to its recovery and enhancement.

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1.60 km

Walls of Ferrara

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Ferrara walls always beautiful!

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2.74 km

Prospettiva of Corso della Giovecca

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Where the "Prospettiva" currently stands, there was a gateway to the city of Ferrara through the walls. It was built at the expense of the Municipality between 1703 and 1704 on a design by Francesco Mazzarelli. In the original project it was made up of three arches and decorated with marble coats of arms. It was transformed and enlarged with the addition of two side passages in the twentieth century, when the course was widened.

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3.13 km

Former San Rocco Bastion

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History
It was the largest arrow bulwark in the entire fortified circuit of Ferrara. Built between 1523 and 1525, it was completely razed to the ground between the 60s and 70s of the nineteenth century: even today we can perceive its grandiose forms.

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3.49 km

Punta di San Rocco

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History
Built in 1524 in "support" to the homonymous bulwark. Punta di San Rocco was equipped with two sixteenth-century gunboats placed on its faces.

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3.88 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 architect Biagio Rossetti, at the same time as the other towers of the northern and eastern sector of the walls. still largely visible.

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5.36 km

Bastion of San Tommaso

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History
It takes its name from the nearby church of San Tommaso (destroyed in 1836), located inside the walls at the intersection of the current via Sant'Andrea and Formignana.
With its typical "arrow" shape and without earlobes in the sides, the bulwark was built at the end of the second decade of the 16th century, when Duke Alfonso I d'Este (1476-1534) decided to strengthen the defensive apparatus of the south-eastern sector of the city.

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5.48 km

Doccile di San Tommaso

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History
Not far from the Baluardo of the same name, runs the eighteenth-century “doccile” or gargoyle of San Tommaso, actually built in 1524 with a vaulted roof to drain the drains of the city sewers into the Naviglio di Baura canal.

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8.44 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.81 km

910 m

525 m

208 m

Surfaces