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Farnese Tower – Passo del Mercatello loop from Agriturismo Cà Sonino

Farnese Tower – Passo del Mercatello loop from Agriturismo Cà Sonino

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Farnese Tower – Passo del Mercatello loop from Agriturismo Cà Sonino

05:38

91.7km

2,110m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

Last updated: May 16, 2026

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7.85 km

Farnese Tower

Highlight • Historical Site

It was built in 1540 by Pope Paul III Farnese as the seat of the ducal commissariat of Val Nure and remained the seat of the Community of Val Nure until the end of the eighteenth century.
In the 19th century it became the property of the Municipality of Borgo San Bernardino who used it as a prison. Currently privately owned.

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Piazza Cristoforo Colombo, Bettola

Highlight • Monument

Arriving in Bettola and finding the statue of Christopher Columbus in the middle of the square certainly arouses a minimum of curiosity.
We know little about Colombo's life in Italy, that he was from Genoa seems the most probable hypothesis but it is almost certain that Colombo's parents were from Bettola and that they then moved to the Ligurian city; since we don't know the real date of birth of our famous navigator, we can really venture the hypothesis that he too was born in Bettola, the inhabitants of this beautiful place are proud of this and believe it. What is certain is that no Bettolese will ever want to follow that demented trend we are witnessing, that of destroying the statue of Columbus, a great figure in world history to whom we owe the discovery of a new world hitherto unknown. What negative followed later is certainly not attributable to the great navigator.
Be that as it may, Bettola is worth a stop

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