Art, Theaters and Museums

Gino Bartali Cycling Museum

The Gino Bartali Cycling Museum is located in Ponte a Ema, where the great champion was born and began his competitive career. Velocipedes, bicycles, jerseys, memorabilia, vintage newspapers, publications and films document the history of cycling, the exploits of Gino Bartali and other champions. Over a thousand square meters spread over three floors: on the basement floor there is a storehouse of bicycles from various eras that gives a glimpse of their technical evolution, on the first floor the museum proper, with the exhibition of bicycles that belonged to the great champions of cycling, including a perfectly preserved Stucchi, the shirts of the champions of the past (Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Franco Bitossi, Alfredo Martini), the biographies and cups of Gino Bartali to whom an entire room has been dedicated, and also anecdotes of Bitossi, Boni, Chioccioli, Ciolli, Corrieri, Martini, Poggiali, Tognaccini.

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