After the opening on Saturday 8 June, with great public interest over the weekend, ‘Faenza, Faïence, bicycles towards the Tour de France’ will be officially inaugurated on Friday 14 June, at 6pm, the exhibition at Palazzo del Podestà which brings On display are the bikes of Romagna cycling champions, their jerseys and much other unpublished material. The initiative was organized to welcome the historic passage of the second stage in Italy of the 111th edition of the Tour de France which will pass through the city and the heart of Faenza on Sunday 30 June. Also on display is a selection of ‘two wheels’, coming from the private collection of Vincenzo Collina, linked to the world of work and those used in the period between the two war conflicts together with works from nursery schools on the theme of the bicycle.
However, Palazzo del Podestà will not only be home to the static exhibition. Until July 7, the Salone dell’Arengo will also host various events: book presentations, documentary film screenings and in-depth moments, all linked to the theme of bicycles.
Schedule appointments
On Friday 14 June (6.30 pm), after the inauguration of the exhibition, conducted by the journalist Maurizio Marchesi, in which the champions of Faenza cycling, representatives of local sporting entities, institutions and sponsors will participate, the book ‘The mystery of the Tour. Triumphs and tragedies, secrets and mysteries of the most important race in the world from 1903 to the present day’ (Minerva Edizioni) by journalist Beppe Conti in dialogue with journalist Roberto Feroli.
The next appointments: Monday 17 June (6pm) with the presentation of the book ‘Ask me who was Pantani’ (Ed. Rcs Mediagroup) by Francesco Ceniti who will dialogue with the journalist Alessandra Giardini. On Wednesday 19 June (8pm) there will be a screening of the docufilm ‘Le Grand Depart’, preceded by a talk with the director Stefano Ferrari and the champion Gianni Bugno. On Wednesday 26 June (6.30 pm) the volume ‘The Pirate’s Map’ by Giacomo Pellizzari (Cairo Editore) will be presented. Journalist Luca Gialanella will be in dialogue with the author. Piazza del Popolo, Thursday 27 June (from 5.30pm to 8pm) will then host the ‘Children’s Gymkhana on Bikes’ with the presence of the stands of the local cycling associations and associations that deal with road safety, an initiative in collaboration with the Consulta of the Faenza Bicycle. On Saturday 29 June, at Palazzo del Podestà, the film ‘Il caso Pantani’ will be screened in the presence of director and producer Domenico Ciolfi and actress and executive producer Monica Camporesi. Tuesday 2 July (6.30 pm), again at Palazzo del Podestà, the talk is scheduled, in collaboration with the C-Hub, ‘Building a bike: from steel craftsmen to carbon processing’. Then every Sunday, until 7 July, from 10am to 12pm and from 3pm to 7pm, the exhibition ‘The war on bikes’, the ‘two wheels’ of period, from the collection of Vincenzo Collina, used by the armies in the First and Second World Wars.
Opening hours of the Palazzo del Podestà, from Monday to Friday, from 5.30pm to 8pm; Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 12.30pm and from 5.30pm to 8pm. Sunday 30 June, the day of the passage of the Tour de France, from 9am to 12pm. The exhibition can also be visited by school groups and summer camp groups (reservations required at email [email protected]), in the time slot 9-12, Tuesday 18, Friday 21 and Wednesday 26 June.
