TESTIMONIANZE
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A cheerful sculpture at a school in San Vendemiano, which hosted stages of both the Giro and the Giro Rosa. (It is no longer there).
a monument at a traffic circle near the velodrome in Bassano del Grappa
Passo Pordoi. "In the shadow of these majestic Dolomite peaks, this bronze tablet will testify forever of the incomparable feats of the greatest cyclist. To Fausto Coppi, il campionissimo.
"The Cyclist's Temple" in Tempio di Ormelle, (named for a nearby church of the Knights Templar)
a monument near Peonis, in Friuli, marking the spot where Bottecchia sufered a fainting spell which caused the fall which lead to his death.
"The Myths of Cycling," an impressive mural above the town of Bordano, in Friuli
This little shrine in Monte di Malo includes a stone monument with a bronze tablet depicting a cyclist kneeling before the Madonna of Cyclists, and this wonderful bronze statue of a helpful angel not only pushing the cyclist up a climb, but handing him a water bottle too!
This mural depicting the legendary passing of the water bottle between Coppi and Bartali (who was passing the water bottle to whom?) is on the wall of an unassuming house in Carrè, in the Val d'Astico.
This wonderful animated float was created by locals in Sant'Antonio, a town at the foot of Monte Pasubio, to celebrate the passage of the Giro d'Italia. Bartali's legs turned the pedals and his head turned to and fro.
You wouldn't find this in any other country! ( I was driving, so my husband snapped the photo)
