Torrione di San Giovanni – Walls of Alfonso II d'Este loop from Ferrara

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Emilia-Romagna

Ferrara

Torrione di San Giovanni – Walls of Alfonso II d'Este loop from Ferrara

Moderate

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(8)

226

hikers

Torrione di San Giovanni – Walls of Alfonso II d'Este loop from Ferrara

02:12

8.73km

10m

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: August 22, 2026

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1.62 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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3.16 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 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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3.17 km

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 I d’Este decided to cover it with a conical roof grafted onto a massive pillar, while the battlements were filled in in the first half of the nineteenth century. After the French occupation of 1796, the Porta was named Porta Mare and the entire complex underwent various functional modifications. Since 1999, the Torrione di San Giovanni has hosted the Jazz Club Ferrara.

Rampari di Belfiore, 167, 44121 Ferrara FE
jazzclubferrara.com
+39 331 432 3840

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3.55 km

Punta di San Rocco

Highlight • Historical Site

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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3.91 km

Former San Rocco Bastion

Highlight • Historical Site

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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4.30 km

Prospettiva of Corso della Giovecca

Highlight • Monument

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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7.85 km