Ciao a tutti! This week, I'm jumping right in with a collection of photos taken just last Saturday. So, please allow me to present:
13 Images from the Museum of Cycling and the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Ghisallo
Il Museo del Ciclismo (The Museum of Cycling) - Passo Ghisallo - Magreglio, Italy
View of the grounds of the museum and the Sanctuary (not pictured, on left).
This statue of two cyclists is the reason I've wanted to come here for so long. The museum was built just a few years ago.
Il Santuario della Madonna del Ghisallo. The Madonna del Ghisallo has been the patroness of cyclists since 1949.
Don Ermelindo Viganò was the rector of the sanctuary and asked the pope to declare the Madonna del Ghisallo the patroness of cyclists.
Three legendary Italian cyclists are honored with monuments outside the sanctuary (l-r): Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi and Alfredo Binda.
A close-up of the statue on the grounds between the sanctuary and the museum.
Detail of the fallen cyclist.
Detail of the victorious cyclist.
This is the road up from Bellagio, which the Giro di Lombardia traveled to reach the pass just one week before I arrived. (Yeah, my timing stinks.)
View from the museum's belvedere, looking down on Lake Como.
Inside the Museo del Ciclismo. A pretty darned good use of space and light, I'd say.
Inside the sanctuary are a number of bicycles and jerseys from riders - professional and amateur alike - along with the normal ex-votos and tributes. In the center of this photo is the bicycle which belonged to Fabio Casartelli, who died as a result of his crash during a descent in the 1995 Tour de France.
And there you have them: 13 Images from Passo Ghisallo!
I hope you've enjoyed seeing them at least a fraction as much as I enjoyed taking them.
It's no secret to anyone that cycling is one of my favorite things in the world.
And some folks understand that better than others.
Some don't get it at all.
But hey...
To each their own!
The showers at the Roubaix Velodrome. Ciao for now!
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