ROUTE IN THE VALLEYS OF NOVELLARA

We start at the Shepherd's Bridge near Novellara, a beautiful twentieth-century work that has recently been conservatively restored. We then follow the path of the old Novellara-Codisotto road that separates the Valle Bagna reservoir from the Valletta reservoir. You arrive before the bridge over the Cavo Fiuma, the one that connected Novellara to Villarotta and Mantovano until the middle of the last century. Bridge traversed in the past by horse-drawn carriages and birocci, light agricultural and ani-mal-drawn vehicles.
Continue to the right along a section of dirt road and then, past St. Venerio's Bridge, continue to the left on embankment tops, which frame the stunning Bruciati Valley. The trail leads to secret and mysterious places (such as the Viola pumila Garden and the Coward's House). From Chiavica Vecchia (Coward's House on the Burnt Canal) you reach the beautiful Gatta Bridge, the Bondeno embankment, and in a jiffy you are back.