The Touring Club Italiano (TCI) (Italian Touring Club or Touring Club of Italy) is the major Italian national tourist organization.
The Touring Club Ciclistico Italiano (TCCI) was founded on 8 November 1894 by a group of bicyclists to promote the values of cycling and travel; its founding president was Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli . It published its first maps in 1897. By 1899, it had 16,000 members. With the new century, it promoted tourism in all its forms – including auto tourism – and the appreciation of the natural and urban environments. Under fascism, starting in 1937, it was forced to Italianize its name to the Consociazione Turistica Italiana. [1]
Through the years, it has produced a wide variety of maps, guidebooks, and more specialized studies, and is known for its high standard of cartography. Its detailed road maps of Italy are published at 1:200,000, one per region.
Its most prestigious guidebooks are the "Guide Rosse" (not to be confused with the Michelin Red Guides), which cover Italy in 23 highly detailed volumes printed on bible paper; the TCI also produces a wide variety of other guides to Italy. During the Fascist period, the red guides were also extended to cover Italian colonies and overseas territories.
Among many other publications the Touring Club Italiano, along with Club Alpino Italiano, published between 1908 and 2013 the Guida dei Monti d'Italia (in English Guidebook to the Italian mountains), a series of guidebooks covering all the mountain ranges of Italy.
The TCI also publishes translations of foreign guidebooks such as the French Guide Bleu.
Alfredo Binda was an Italian road cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s. He was the first to win five editions of the Giro d'Italia, and a three-time world champion. In addition he won Milan–San Remo twice, and the Tour of Lombardy four times.
Learco Guerra was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1934 Giro d'Italia. He was born in San Nicolò Po, a frazione of Bagnolo San Vito in Lombardy, gained the nickname of "Human Locomotive" for his enduring quality in plain stages. After mediocre attempts to play football, Guerra became a professional cyclist in 1928, at 26. The following year he became Italian champion, racing as an independent or semi-professional.
Franco Bitossi is an Italian former professional cyclist. He was born in Camaioni di Carmignano.
Saints John and Ermolao, or Pieve di Santi Giovanni ed Ermolao is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church, located in La Pieve, Calci, some 10 km outside Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Milan, Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
Legnano was an Italian professional cycling team active from 1906 to 1966. It is ranked as the 6th most successful cycling team in history. Many famous cyclists rode for the team including Alfredo Binda, Learco Guerra, Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi. The team participated in the Giro d'Italia 46 times, won the team classification 11 times and earned 135 stage wins. It was sponsored by Italian bicycle motorcycle manufacturer Legnano.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mantua in the Lombardy region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Catania in the Sicily region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Messina, Sicily, Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brescia in the Lombardy region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Pisa in the Tuscany region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. Syracuse was the main city of Sicily from 5th century BCE to 878 CE.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Taranto in the Apulia region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brindisi in the Apulia region of Italy.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cremona in the Lombardy region of Italy.
The Istituto Geografico Centrale is a privately owned Italian company based in Turin (Piedmont), known for its guide books and hiking maps mainly concerning the Western Alps and their contiguous areas.
The Guida dei monti d'Italia is a series of guidebooks published in Italy by the Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) along with Touring Club Italiano (TCI) in two periods, the first from 1908 to 1932 and the second from 1934 to 2013.
The Palazzo del Touring Club Italiano, also known as Palazzo Bertarelli, is a historic building situated in Milan, Italy.