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Parma Morta Nature Reserve – Food Valley Bike Route loop from Pieve Saliceto

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Parma Morta Nature Reserve – Food Valley Bike Route loop from Pieve Saliceto

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Parma Morta Nature Reserve – Food Valley Bike Route loop from Pieve Saliceto

03:15

56.6km

70m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 20.6 km for 255 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.38 km

Alfonsina Strada Mural

Highlight • Monument

Right at the entrance to the cycle path along the Po from Boretto there is this mural dedicated to Alfonsina Morini Strada, the first and only woman to compete in the men's Giro d'Italia way back in 1924. The mural is the work of the FX Collective, created as part of a project to encourage the use of bicycles.

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31.5 km

Parma Morta Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

the Natural Oasis of Parma Morta which takes its name from the now disappeared waters of the stream that flowed into the Enza. The Natural Oasis was established as a nature reserve in 1990 and represents a refuge for numerous animal species that cannot inhabit the surrounding cultivated land. We talked about it here: outdoortest.it/le-5-ciclovie-italiane-piu-belle

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37.4 km

Food Valley Bike Route

Highlight • Cycleway

A route of approximately 80 km between nature, flavors and culture, all to be enjoyed by bicycle: this is how the Food Valley Bike presents itself, the Lower Parma cycle route that connects Parma to Busseto following cycle paths and gravel routes parallel to the Po river.

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41.6 km

Peppone and Don Camillo Museum, Brescello

Highlight • Historical Site

This museum in the center of Brescello tells the story of some of the best-selling novels (which later became films) in the history of Italian publishing: the adventures of Don Camillo and Peppone, written by Giovannino Guareschi. The novels were set in Brescello: if Don Camillo is the parish priest of the town, the antagonist-friend Peppone is the mayor of the town, belonging to the Italian Communist Party. Many comic moments from films are still part of the Italian cultural imagination.

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41.7 km

Brescello Square with Statues of Don Camillo and Peppone

Highlight • Monument

Very nice little square that reminds us of the old film

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41.8 km

The Sputnik Bell of Brescello

Highlight • Monument

There are many relics and symbols of the Guareschi saga of which stories and anecdotes can be told but Peppone's Sputnik is certainly the one with the longest and most incredible history.
Let's start from the beginning.
The film “Don Camillo monsignore ma non tanto” narrates the events of the “civil” funeral wanted by Peppone for one of the “Martyrs of July 7th”.
A mix between reality and fiction.
The Reggio Emilia massacre is a bloody event that occurred on 7 July 1960 during a trade union demonstration during which five workers from Reggio Emilia, the so-called dead of Reggio Emilia, Lauro Farioli, Ovidio Franchi, Emilio Reverberi, Marino Serri and Afro Tondelli, all members of the PCI, they were killed by the police.
The screenwriters of the fourth film, as a tribute to the fallen, invented the fact that one of the workers was originally from Brescello.
From there, Mayor Peppone wanted to commemorate him but, as he was a communist, the funeral had to be civil and without the ringing of church bells.
He therefore decided to bring a "pagan" bell to the square to still be able to ring the bells for his fallen comrade.
Sputnik indeed.
In this special we want to focus on the history that, from then on, characterized the famous bell.
Built in papier-mâché for stage needs by a craftsman from Cinecittà, it was taken to Brescello for the filming of the film.
There are those who even say that there were 3 identical bells brought to Brescello, given that the scene of the fall could have ruined the first one and therefore stopped filming.
It was 1960.
The production left many props in Brescello after filming the 5 films.
From there the bell remained abandoned in a municipal warehouse until 1986, when some volunteers from Brescelli took care of it and restored it.
After the restoration it was hung under the porticoes of Via Giglioli in Brescello, not far from Piazza Matteotti, where it can still be admired today.
Is it over here?
No.
The history of Sputnik continues in the following years, and up to the present day, because it was defaced several times as a sign of protest and restored several times, creating a sensation in the newspapers and bringing Brescello and "his" bell back into the limelight.
The latest ugliness dates back to January 2020.
In May 2018 the bell returned with all its splendor to its original position, in front of the Municipality of Brescello, for the event "The Return of Sputnik" where some actors recreated the famous scene of the fall without the clapper.
Today you can still see it in Via Giglioli, but we imagine it will still be talked about!

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47.1 km

Piazza Matteotti, Viadana

Highlight • Settlement

city center that deserves a stop, beautiful and large square, overlooked by historic buildings and bars with expanses, for a moment of relaxation.

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54.0 km

Po River Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Almost car-free cycle path always on the Po Dam!

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56.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.6 km

21.6 km

6.96 km

2.14 km

2.05 km

262 m

Surfaces

34.0 km

19.8 km

1.11 km

663 m

540 m

489 m

Elevation

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Alfonsina Strada Mural

Parma Morta Nature Reserve

Food Valley Bike Route

Peppone and Don Camillo Museum, Brescello

Brescello Square with Statues of Don Camillo and Peppone

The Sputnik Bell of Brescello

Piazza Matteotti, Viadana

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