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Panperduto Dam – Church of Saint Mary in Binda loop from Varallo Pombia

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Panperduto Dam – Church of Saint Mary in Binda loop from Varallo Pombia

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Panperduto Dam – Church of Saint Mary in Binda loop from Varallo Pombia

05:43

85.4km

410m

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Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 24, 2026

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7.11 km

Panperduto Dam

Highlight • Monument

iconic place where you can see the birth of the Naviglio and the Villoresi canal

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7.79 km

Panperduto Dam — Start of the Villoresi Canal

Highlight • Monument

The Villoresi canal: It originates here from the Panperduto dam in the Maddalena area (Somma Lombardo), a hamlet of Somma Lombardo, and flows into the Adda river or, alternatively, into the Martesana canal near Cassano d'Adda at the end of a long route 86 km which qualifies it as the second longest artificial waterway in Italy, after the Emiliano Romagnolo canal and in front of the Cavour canal.
The canal, which runs horizontally from west to east, in the upper plain of Milan, was completed in 1890.

The Industrial Canal: also known as the Vizzola canal, is an artificial watercourse that derives its waters from the Ticino river, through the Panperduto dam near Somma Lombardo, where the waters of the Villoresi canal are also derived[1]. The canal was inaugurated in 1900, with the name of "Vittorio Emanuele III industrial canal", its construction was due to the production of hydroelectric energy. In fact, the industrial canal drives the turbines of three hydroelectric power plants: the Vizzola power plant, the Tornavento power plant and the Castelli di Turbigo power plant. Just beyond this facility the canal branches into 3 channels: on the left most of the water (64 m³/s in summer, 35 m³/s in winter) flows into the Naviglio Grande, which receives its effective flow here; [2] in the centre, however, the Turbighetto discharger originates, having a flow rate of approximately 50 m³/s. This flows into the Ticino, after having activated the turbines of a fourth hydroelectric power plant: the Turbigo Inferiore power plant. The regression channel originates on the right. This third branch flows into the Ticino in the Casa delle Barche area. Through a gravel dam on the Ticino its waters are conveyed into the Langosco canal, activating the Varzi hydroelectric power plant.

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22.8 km

Church of Saint Mary in Binda

Highlight • Religious Site

A fountain in the churchyard allows you to fill your bottles

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25.2 km

Naviglio Grande in Turbigo

Highlight • River

The Naviglio Grande, once used for the transport of goods and people, connected Milan to Ticino. Near the town of Turbigo, the Naviglio is crossed by a bridge which had a strategic importance on 31 May 1800 when, with the battle of Turbigo, Napoleon Bonaparte's French troops conquered the bridge, thus gaining entry to Milan.

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31.6 km

Villa Clerici on the Naviglio Grande

Highlight • Historical Site

In the Ticino park in Castelletto di Cuggiono on a low hill is the eighteenth-century Villa Clerici along the banks of the Naviglio Grande, an evocative holiday residence of the Milanese family of the same name.

During the 18th century, the fashion had spread among aristocrats who lived in the city to commission immense villas in the countryside around Milan so that they could be reached via waterways, i.e. the Navigli. In fact, Villa Clerici, despite no longer having a marina, still has a double façade, one facing the town that has formed over time all around the house and one of great beauty as well as uniqueness towards the Naviglio.

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32.0 km

Castelletto Bridge on the Naviglio Grande

Highlight • Bridge

Truly pleasant places, even more beautiful in spring when the canals overflow with water. When, on the other hand, they are unloaded or dry, they are quite negligible places.

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