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Punta di San Rocco – Torrione di San Giovanni loop from Mura di Ferrara

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Punta di San Rocco – Torrione di San Giovanni loop from Mura di Ferrara

Moderate

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Punta di San Rocco – Torrione di San Giovanni loop from Mura di Ferrara

02:00

7.94km

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: April 15, 2026

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1.88 km

Francolino Tower – Montagnola Point

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History
First Torrione di Francolino, then Punta della Montagnola: an architecturally strategic site, changed over the centuries and still aesthetically fascinating today

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2

4.02 km

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 …

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3

4.42 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 …

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4

4.63 km

Doccile of San Rocco

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History
The "doccile" (or gargoyle) of San Rocco is located next to the homonymous bulwark. It is of eighteenth-century origin like the nearby doccile of San Tommaso.

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4.78 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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5.16 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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7

5.17 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

5.47 km

Torrione dell'Albero

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One of the towers of the Rossettian walls with a truly unique feature: a tree located exactly in the center of the tower itself, a natural champion in control of the city.

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7.94 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

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7.64 km

132 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.52 km

1.39 km

1.26 km

994 m

639 m

132 m

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