San Pietro Gate – San Pietro Bastion loop from Ferrara Via Boschetto
San Pietro Gate – San Pietro Bastion loop from Ferrara Via Boschetto
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San Pietro Gate – San Pietro Bastion loop from Ferrara Via Boschetto
01:17
4.96km
20m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 18, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.18 km
Baluardo dell'Amore
Highlight • Historical Site
The current Bulwark of Love contains a real palimpsest of the history of military architecture, starting from the Porta dating back to the mid-15th century, up to the mighty “ace of spades” bulwark of the late 16th century.
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1.50 km
Bastion of Saint Anthony
Highlight • Historical Site
Intermediate between that of Love and that of San Pietro, the Baluardo di Sant'Antonio is the closest to the monastery of Sant'Antonio in Polesine, from which it takes its name: from the typical "ace of spades" shape dates back to the ' 80 of the '500.
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1.68 km
San Pietro Gate
Highlight • Historical Site
The Gate overlooks the current Via Quartieri, so called “because the“ Quarters ”of the urban militias opened on the right side of the road to Porta S. Pietro: nearby was a garretta where an officer stood guarding the aforementioned ancient gate. At the corner of this street, in the Caretti house which now opens onto Via XX Settembre n. 46 the famous painter Cosimo Tura, known as Cosmè, lived: the house was given to him in 1462 by Duke Borso d'Este ”.
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1.84 km
San Pietro Bastion
Highlight • Monument
Formidable fortified device dating back to the second half of the sixteenth century, the Bulwark takes its name from the neighboring fifteenth-century gate, modified several times over the centuries, until its infill in 1630.
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2.44 km
Porta Paola
Highlight • Monument
Built in 1612 to a design by the architect Giovanni Batista Aleotti, Porta Paola today constitutes the largest monumental gateway in the city, further enhanced by its imminent new intended use: Documentation Center of the Walls.
In July 1798 the French changed the name of the gate to Porta Reno, since the river of the same name flowed about twelve kilometers away, while the structure continued to fulfill military functions, as well as customs duties.
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2.47 km
Porta Paola
Highlight • Monument
Opening hours (to be checked before planning the visit)
Wednesday and Thursday from 9.30 to 12.30
Friday to Sunday from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 14.30 to 17.30.
Monday and Tuesday: closed. Free admission
Piazza Travaglio – Ferrara
+39 335 5980801 - 380 1468581
info@stradaviniesaporiferrara.it
stradaviniesaporiferrara.it
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2.80 km
San Lorenzo Walls
Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site
The gradual drying up of the branch of the Po running along the southern front of Ferrara caused, between the end of the 14th and the first half of the 15th century, the union of the ancient river island of Sant'Antonio in Polesine with the built-up area.
The further drying up of the Po led first Leonello d'Este (1407-1450) and above all his successor Borso (1413-1471) to have the whole area between Castel Nuovo and the Barbacane di San Giorgio to the south-east protected with new walls. .
In 1451 along the line of the “New Walls” the doors of San Pietro, dell'Amore and San Giorgio were opened, then walled up and / or modified in the following two centuries.
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4.10 km
Barbacane of San Giorgio, Ferrara
Highlight • Historical Site
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 benefited from some repairs over time thanks to the Legate of Ferrara, Cardinal Giulio Sacchetti (1627-1630), as evidenced by the engraved marble cantonal (Iulio. Card. Sacchetti Leg.) Placed above the eastern corner, while the guardhouse above cylindrical is the only testimony of the dozens of sentry boxes built during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries along the entire fortified circuit of the city.
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4.96 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
3.42 km
1.31 km
168 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
2.81 km
1.24 km
359 m
278 m
173 m
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