Bettola – Farnese Tower loop from Castello di Bramaiano
Bettola – Farnese Tower loop from Castello di Bramaiano
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Bettola – Farnese Tower loop from Castello di Bramaiano
02:50
42.8km
1,170m
Road cycling
Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 23, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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86 m
Bettola
Highlight • Settlement
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1.34 km
Farnese Tower
Highlight • Historical Site
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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6.21 km
Rocco Chiapponi Preventorium
Highlight • Historical Site
In 1944, when it was not in activity due to the war, the building was requisitioned by partisan troops and housed a hospital until it was cleared and occupied by Nazi-fascist troops. After the war it returned to treating respiratory diseases until it closed at the end of the 1960s. It has been in a state of progressive abandonment for decades.
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12.1 km
Prato Barbieri Pass
Highlight • Mountain Pass
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17.3 km
Church of Santa Franca and Cross of Monte Santa Franca
Highlight • Religious Site
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18.2 km
Santa Franca Pass
Highlight • Mountain Pass
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24.8 km
Monument to the Mountain People of Groppallo
Highlight • Monument
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42.5 km
Piazza Cristoforo Colombo, Bettola
Highlight • Monument
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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42.8 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
32.6 km
9.76 km
460 m
Surfaces
32.4 km
10.5 km
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Elevation
Highest point (1,270 m)
Lowest point (320 m)
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Tuesday 21 July
28°C
16°C
5 %
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