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Eight municipalities, a land to be discovered, even by bicycle, moving through places rich in history, traditions, and pristine landscapes. A small part of Pianura Padana on the river Po banks. A small part of Pianura that you will love.
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PLACES OF INTEREST, EVENTS, ITINERARIES AND PATHS
Oriented Nature Reserve “dei Caldaren”
The reserve is rich in plant and animal species. In the early 20th century, the area was used to obtain clay, by means of a cable car equipped with small containers (“caldaren”). When the extractive activity was suspended, a flourishing vegetation st...
The Old Port
In the Po floodplain, there are places known only to those fishermen and boatmen who explore the river bends. One of these places is the “Porto Vecchio” (old port), where nowadays it is possible to find the wreck of a tugboat and two small boats (bettoline), later bombed by an allied plane in spring 1944.
Internati Island
Along the cycle path that connects Gualtieri, Boretto and Guastalla, it is possible to admire suggestive natural landscapes such as the “Internati” Island. Its name dates back to the post-war period, when it was loaned to former prisoners, in order t...
Portine Bridge
Constructed in 1769, it was designed at the end of the 16th century – during the Bentivoglio reclamation works - to replace the wooden bridge over the Crostolo stream.
The Torrione pumping station
The “Impianto Idrovoro del Torrione” (pumping station) was created between 1920 and 1923. Through a system composed of three pumps, it was possible to drain the excess water in the Crostolo stream. In the site known as “Torrione” - halfway between Gu...
Bonifica Bentivoglio
The initial land reclamation project had already been planned in the early XVI century and was later resumed and implemented by Cornelio Bentivoglio, who – thanks to his personal acquaintances and great diplomatic skills – managed to involve the Duke...
The Civic Well
Felice Cavallotti Square
Adventure Park Forestavventura
“Forestavventura” in Luzzara is an amazing adrenaline park located on secular trees in the Po natural area. Inside the park, you will find acrobatic routes for all ages! Forestavventura is equipped with a kiosk bar and a leisure area with tables - in the shade of majestic secular oaks.
Novellara and Reggiolo Valleys
This territory is characterized by canals, ditches, basins and cultivated fields - an ideal place for group walks or solo bike rides.
Church of Santa Maria della Neve
Already planned in Cornelio Bentivoglio's projects, as a noble chapel, the initial church was octagonal in plan.
The facade was designed by Giovan Battista Aleotti in 1599 and built in 1600.
The Golena of Gualtieri
The gualtieri flood plain offers significant opportunities from the naturalistic point of view in the different seasons of the year. The territory enclosed between the master's embankment and the Po riverbed is very complex and diversified, including both naturalistic and anthropological aspects.
The White Poplar
The white poplar, a distinctive element of the landscape of the territory close to the river Po, brings us back to the myth of Fetonte who dragged in his crazy flight on the cart of his father Elios fell into the river Po. His desperate sisters were transformed by gods pity in and into lithe white poplars and their tears in the precious amber.
Novellara Valleys
In the past, the entire northern portion of Novellara country was occupied by extensive marshes and riverbeds. The great reclamation works have progressively dried up the marshes but still today the landscape shows that ancient dominion of the waters.
Villa Nobili and Gardens
Typical example of an eighteenth-century suburban villa. Used up to the last century as a summer residence for wealthy families, today it welcomes exhibitions of furniture and interior decorations for commercial purposes. Of particular interest is th...
Olmo Ecopark
Located in Sabbioni, close to Guastalla, the Olmo Ecopark is a true naturalistic jewel situated along the course of a branch of Cavo Fiuma. The park integrates a dense vegetation with rural and decorative masonry structures, with the presence of nume...
Lido Po
The river Po flows 1 km from the city and can be easily reached from the tree-lined avenue that gently enters the wide "Guastallese flood plain". In addition to housing restaurants, sports and entertainment facilities on its shore, the Guastalla bank of the river also offers trekking and horse-riding routes, completely immersed in an exuberant nature thanks to the important system of cycle-pedestrian tracks.
Mario Lodi Environmental Education Center
The EDEN Cooperative was founded in 1987 with the aim of implementing environmental restoration projects, with particular attention to environmental education. Over the course of time, nature trails have also been structured within the flood plain. T...
Bronze Statues of Peppone and Don Camillo
On June 2001, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first film, two bronze statues created by Andrea Zangani were placed in Piazza Matteotti: the one depicting Don Camillo close to the church, the one representing Peppone in front of the town hall.
Giovannino Guareschi Bust
Next to the San Benedetto Cultural Center and the "Peppone and Don Camillo" Museum is the Guareschi Park, dedicated to the writer of Fontanelle, Parma: a beautiful green area in the heart of the village. In it there is an old steam locomotive, renova...
The Golena of Luzzara
The Golena is a site of important naturalistic value consisting of a stretch of about 10 km of the right floodplain of the Po River, close to the border with Lombardy.