Сегодня пройдет 12-й этап «Джиро д’Италия» - гонщики проедут 190 км от Имолы до Виченцы. Medium Mountain
Карта этапа - PLANIMETRIA
Профиль этапа - ALTIMETRIA
Для туристов
IMOLA
Population: 70 thousand
Foundation: 2nd century B.C.
Ancient Name: Forum Cornelii
MAIN SIGHTS
Rocca Sforzesca (Sforza Castle, 14th century), bishop's palace (12th century), Cathedral of San Cassiano (12th century), Palazzo Tozzoni (housing the Civic Museum), Parco Acque Minerali, Bosco della Frattona nature reserve, Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
EVENTS
Carnevale Dei Fantaveicoli (February), Imola In Musica (June 5, 6, 7), Fiera agricola di Santerno (June 19, 20, 21), Fiera di San Cassiano (August), Crame (vintage car motor show; September 11, 12, 13), Baccanale (November)
FOOD
Fresh pasta (garganelli, above all), piadina (flatbread), crescente (dough with bacon and rosemary), streghette (unleavened bread with lard and salt), cheeses (casatella, squacquerone, pecorino), Val Santerno apricots, "Pesca di Romagna" peaches and Igp (protected geographical indication) chestnuts from Castel del Rio
WINES
Colli Imola (white: Chardonnay, Pignoletto, Trebbiano; red: Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese), Alband di Romagna (white)
GIRO D'ITALIA
Start city in 1992
VICENZA
Population: 115,000
Foundation: 2nd century B.C.
Ancient Name: Vicetia
MAIN SIGHTS
Palladian Villas (with Villa Capra, also called La Rotonda, being the most famous), Berici Hills, Basilica Palladiana and the old town with its many 16-century buildings
EVENTS
Vicenza Jazz - New Conversation (May), Festambiente (June), Settembre vicentino (a series of events taking place during the Patron Saint celebrations)
FOOD
Risotto with bruscandoli (hop sprouts), risi e bisi (rice and peas), pasta e fagioli (a soup made of pasta and beans), bigoi co' l'arna (fresh spaghetti with duck-meat sauce), baccalà alla vicentina (stockfish and polenta), sopressa vicentina Dop (traditional cold cut), Asiago cheese
WINES
Arcole (red and white), Breganze (white and red), Colli Berici (white and red), Gambellara (white, Vin Santo), Recioto di Gambellara (white and spumante), Lessini Durello (Spumante), Vicenza (spumante, moscato, white)
GIRO D'ITALIA
It hosted 8 stage finishes: 1932 (Guerra), 1950 (Koblet, Sui), 1953 (Monti), 1961 (Zamboni), 1977 (Demeyer, Bel), 1983 (Rosola), 1996 (Cipollini), 2013 (Visconti); one stage finished on Monte Berico (1967, Francisco Ibarra Gabica - Spa)