Cycling Route to the Corte Valle Re Springs
practical information
One-day activity suitable for all.
Route on paved roads, dirt tracks and cyclable paths.
route description
The CAI 620 "Reggio-Valle Re" trail is 16,5 km and connects the Reggio City Centre to the Corte Valle Re Lowland Springs, crossing Cà Pergoletta Biodiversity Oasis.
This route starts in front of the City Museum, where the precious collection of agronomist Filippo Re is preserved and exhibited to the general public. The route then continues along Via Emilia Santo Stefano, until the connection with the Crostolo Stream Greenway. Following the river embankment, near the motorway, you can admire the Manfredi Brothers murales, anti-fascist family that was the symbol of the Resistance in Reggio Emilia. After having reached Punta di Roncocesi, the trail crosses the Modolena Stream and continues towards the fields until the Biodiversity Oasis of Cà Pergoletta, and then the Corte Valle Re Lowland Springs.
Itinerary: Piazza della Vittoria, via Monzermone, via San Rocco, via dell’Aquila, via Emilia Santo Stefano, via Fabio Filzi, parco della dogana, Crostolo Path from the via 20 Settembre Bridge, Zona Annonaria, Cavazzoli, Valle di San Giulio, via Carlo Marx (Roncocesi) Arched Bridge, via Tosini, via San Biagio, Modolena Bridge on via San Biagio, path between Modolena Stream and San Silvestro canal (north of the dog pound), bridge on the San Silvestro canal, via Cella all’Oldo, via Casaloffia, via De Bosis, via Reggiolo, strada vicinale Casaloffia, Oasi Ca’ Pegolotta, stradone Re, Valle Re.
Detours: Continuing onwards until Museo Cervi, you can have a tasty detour to the La Grande Dairy Farm in Castelnovo Sotto or to the Ferretti Vini Vineyard farm.
Returning to Reggio: In order to follow a different road for the return in Reggio, you can take the 620 C trail (Via Reggiolo) until the Cadè city center, crossing the Nona Strada ice cream shop and then turning right taking Via Quercioli, until the Cavriago Municipality. For the return to Reggio, from here just follow the Reggio-Cavriago Bike Itinerary.
Biodiversity Oasis of Cà Pergoletta (Oasi di Cà Pergoletta)
Spanning across a 5-hectares, this area has been recognised SIC (Sito Interesse Comunitario - Environmental Interest Site for the EU) and ARE (Area Riequilibrio Ecologico - Ecological Restoration Area) from the Italian Ministry for Environment. This Oasis, after the A1 motorway construction, has been left isolated from other green areas, maintaining a spontaneous biodiversity of great interest. Many lowland springs have been reported to surge in this area since centuries, keeping a great biodiversity both in fauna and flora. Ecologists have been reporting the presence of more than a hundred bird species, among these there are the marsh harrier, the sparrow hawk, the kingfisher, many types of sparrows, moorhens, crayfish and a rare species of fish, called Panzarolo (Italian Spring Goby). It has been recorded also the presence of marsh turtles.
This oasis is one of the last forested lands in all Pianura Padana, it has been restored and upgraded for more accessibility with a wooden trail, the presence of signals and descriptive panels. The area is always open and freely accessible.
Lowland Springs of Corte Valle Re (Fontanili di Corte Valle Re)
Halfway between Reggio Emilia and Parma, this 37-hectares area preserves one of the last examples of lowland springs (called "fontanili" in Italian), clear water ponds rounded by reed, marsh bushes and long canals that scar the fields, near an elegant country house with a tower within short distance from the motorway. The area denomination has its roots into the name of Filippo Re, from the Reggio noble family with the same surname. the Count Re was the Dean of Bologna University at the beginning of the 19th century.
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