VisitaFerrara

For those who arrive in Ferrara from some directions, the Walls constitute the first contact with the city: a red curtain of brick that encircles the historic centre almost without interruption for nine kilometres, constituting one of the oldest and most impressive defensive systems of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and make use of all the techniques of defence used in the 1400s and 1500s: city gates, bastions, large towers, gun slots and embrasures. Time has transformed these walls into a place for meeting friends, practicing sport and recreation, with paths for cycling and walking.

The walls - A short history