Angel asked for a translation of of a report regarding the upcoming museum display
"*Buzzati at the Giro d'Italia **Falcade Studio Museo Murer - 20-28 May 2006 *
The Dino Buzzati at the 1949 Giro d'Italia display, will be hosted in the prestigious Murer di Falcade museum and will be open every day from May 20-28th 2006 from 10 \u2013 12 and from 4 - 8 PM. The articles from the "Corriere della Sera", relating to the stages, together with curious knick-knacks, photos and documents giving background to the narrations will be displayed. The bikes of Coppi and Bartali, respectively first and second overall, as well as components and other cycling related objects, on loan from the Sanvido collection of the Cesiomaggiore bicycle museum, will also be displayed for the benefit of nostalgics and bicycle lovers. There will also be the autograph pads upon which Buzzati took notes and made his unmistakeable sketches (either in the car or in the hotel in the evening), photos and clippings from the "La Gazzetta dello Sport" and "Il Gazzettino" relating to the Gran Premio della Montagna (Mountain grand prix) through the Dolomites in the province of Belluno and the other Veneto stages. There will also be a videocollage showing some moments in the 1949 giro, complete with period musical and litterature background from our exceptional reporter."
Just a few personal notes.
a.. The Cesiomaggiore museum was built up by Sergio Sanvido.
Cesiomaggiore is located in the province of Belluno in the Veneto
region. It is so small, less than 1000 residents, that it does not
appear on most large scale maps, so look for Busche or Feltre which are
respectively about 4 and 15 km away.
b.. Sergio Sanvido is now in his 70's and set up the museum on his own
and recently donated it to the town of Cesiomaggiore as he has no heirs
and wanted to keep the collection together. Sergio's family has owned
and ran a bicycle shop in Cesiomaggiore for decades. At present the shop
is run by his nephew. For an isolated town in the mountains, it is quite
an impressive shop.
c.. There are some significant bikes in the collection, but for the
most part are not terribly well restored, with many period-incorrect
components. The last time I was there in November, the collection was
still housed in a converted underground garage, but there was talk of an
imminent move to a proper building.
d.. Sergio is always ready to speak to anybody about vintage bikes,
but I am told that he can become rather brusque if you ask him to buy
his bikes. He does however only speak the local dialect and Italian.
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ