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PROMOTION
CHOOSING TO GO
to the city
and province of Ferrarameans
experiencing Italian history, nature,
art and culture up close. UNESCO’s
recognition of the city and its territory
is an authoritative guarantee of the
value of this unique urban and natural
landscape. Ferrara was home to one
of themost important Renaissance
courts, the Estense Court, in which art,
culture and philanthropy thrived at the
forefront of one of mankind’s greatest
periods. Ferrara is a place for strolling
along the narrow lanes in the centre,
a city of bicycles, and the access route
to some of themost famous palaces
in the world. Stop for a while in the
inner court of themagnificent Estense
Castle, visit its many enthralling
museums and savour the typical
dishes of a city whose gastronomic
roots go back to ancient times. There
aremultiple reasons for visiting,
infinite reasons for staying.
In just three centuries, Ferrara
grew fromamodest rural centre to a
Renaissancemasterpiece with a highly
enviable historical centre. Marvellous
palaces, which once housed the city’s
nobility, are still intact, including
the Palazzo dei Diamanti, Palazzo
Schifanoia, PalazzoMarfisa d’Este
andmany others. And then there’s the
castle, the symbol and heart of the city,
which still captures the fascination of
all who see it.
But what the city, and as a result
the entire area, has to offer really is
wide-ranging: for example, Ferrara
is indissolubly bound to a passion
for two wheelers and hundreds of
kilometres have been designed,
built, and moulded around pleasing
cyclists in the city and its province.
The entire region has an impressive
network of bicycle tourism routes
that wind through the city and
countryside, taking in protected
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FERRARA!
Easily accessible to visitors, Ferrara offers great food, culture, history andmore