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Start of the Villoresi Canal – Panperduto Dam loop from Vanzaghello-Magnago

Start of the Villoresi Canal – Panperduto Dam loop from Vanzaghello-Magnago

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Start of the Villoresi Canal – Panperduto Dam loop from Vanzaghello-Magnago

04:19

74.7km

370m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel 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: July 31, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 91 m for 35 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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17.5 km

Start of the Villoresi Canal

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More than 85 kilometers long, the Villoresi canal is among the most important artificial waterways in Italy. It owes its name to the engineer Eugenio Villoresi, who began designing it in 1862. Here you are just downstream from the Panperduto dam, immediately after the diversion locks, between the Villoresi canal and the Industriale canal (or Vizzola canal), whose main branch will flow into the Naviglio Grande.

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17.7 km

Panperduto Dam — Start of the Villoresi Canal

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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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18.4 km

Panperduto Dam

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

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25.6 km

Ruins

39.0 km

Industrial Canal and Lock System – Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino

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Cycle path next to the industrial canal.

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44.4 km

Castellans Water Control Station and Stone Bridge

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In the midst of nature before returning to the state road

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49.5 km

Naviglio Vecchio

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57.4 km

Naviglio Grande at Castelletto di Cuggiono

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Pleasant and shady cycle path

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57.6 km

Castelletto Bridge on the Naviglio Grande

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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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60.8 km

Naviglio Grande in Bernate Ticino

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Here the canal is a little wider, nice glimpse as always but watch out because there is no protection

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74.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.3 km

21.7 km

13.4 km

12.4 km

2.96 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

38.7 km

22.3 km

9.32 km

2.84 km

1.48 km

146 m

Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Friday 28 August

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July 17, 2026,Tutta colpa di Elena....

The goddess Thetis dips her son Achilles in Sesto calends, holding him by the heel, but the water is at historic lows and Achilles barely gets wet, oh well! Paris will have an easy game, besides the heel he can also aim for the bum. Along the Sesto promenade, the little water emanates nauseating odors, in fact the poor Achilles …

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Start of the Villoresi Canal – Panperduto Dam loop from Vanzaghello-Magnago

Start of the Villoresi Canal

Panperduto Dam — Start of the Villoresi Canal

Panperduto Dam

Industrial Canal and Lock System – Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino

Castellans Water Control Station and Stone Bridge

Naviglio Grande at Castelletto di Cuggiono

Castelletto Bridge on the Naviglio Grande

Naviglio Grande in Bernate Ticino

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