Bastion of San Tommaso – Bastion of the Mountain loop from Mura di Ferrara
Bastion of San Tommaso – Bastion of the Mountain loop from Mura di Ferrara
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Bastion of San Tommaso – Bastion of the Mountain loop from Mura di Ferrara
03:31
13.9km
30m
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: March 29, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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2.69 km
Francolino Tower – Montagnola Point
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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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3.64 km
Tower of Saint John the Baptist
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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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4.91 km
Doccile di San Tommaso
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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 …
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5.03 km
Bastion of San Tommaso
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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.
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5.56 km
Bastion of the Mountain
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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 …
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6.05 km
Barbacane of San Giorgio, Ferrara
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The term barbican derives from the medieval Latin barbacanis or from the vulgar Arabic bar-al-baqara, literally "cattle enclosure", indicating a buttress, a walled reinforcement for defensive purposes.
The artifact …
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6.11 km
Walls of Ferrara
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10.5 km
Porta degli Angeli
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13.9 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
12.6 km
490 m
367 m
359 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
4.04 km
2.73 km
2.62 km
2.30 km
1.76 km
433 m
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