(ANSA) – SICULIANA, 06 MAY –
The municipalities of Siculiana and Imola have signed a friendship pact signed by their respective mayors, Giuseppe Zscopio and Marco Panieri, who placed the signature under the dome of the sanctuary of the Black Christ of the Agrigento town, lit up yesterday evening by the fireworks of artifice.
The common thread that unites the Romagna city to the Sicilian village is Ayrton Senna, the much-loved Brazilian Formula One driver who was three times world champion and whose death this year marks the thirtieth anniversary.
The bond between Ayrton Senna and Siculiana was born when the champion’s ancestors left their homeland and undertook the journey to Brazil. This is demonstrated by the documents found thanks to the intuition of Mayor Zscopio.
The stories of the discovery and of the family were told by journalists Giacinto Pipitone and Anna Restivo, while the project of the multimedia museum in augmented reality dedicated to Senna was presented by architects Francesco Ferla and Salvatore Nigrelli.
«On the part of our two communities there is the desire to pass on to the new generations, the man Ayrton Senna as an example of life, and not just the champion as an example in sport – say the mayor of Siculiana Giuseppe Zscopio and the mayor of Imola Marco Panieri – The «Ayrton Senna: call to the Origins» Museum project in Siculiana was born from roots tourism and meeting the beloved Formula 1 driver on this research journey was something extraordinary and unexpected. The Museum was born for this reason, to tell the story of Ayrton’s origins and somehow bring him home. He is joined by Giovanna Magro, his great-grandmother. Hers is an extraordinary story, of emigration like many others, but also of courage, values and faith. All elements that we then find in the essence of Ayrton and in the attention he dedicated to the most vulnerable and which to this day make him an idol for young people.”
