The countdown started in view of Vivicittà 2025: The runners of all ages are ready to invade the streets of 44 Italian cities for peace, the environment, the rights, Europe. It will start simultaneously at 9.30 on Sunday 6 April and the “Via” will be given live, as tradition, by the microphones of Radio 1 Rai, media partner of the event since 1984, the year of the first edition, together with the Corriere dello Sport. Vivicittà continues to be unique in its kind, with a single ranking for compensated circuits: in some cities, from Turin to Palermo, the 10 km competitive will be ran with a single national compensated ranking, in others there are recreational motor races with thousands of people of all ages. The national presentation was held today, Saturday, in Tivoli Terme, Rome, as part of the XX UISP National Congress. Claudio Barbaro, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Safety also spoke at the National Press Conference of Vivicittà: “Vivicittà, since its inception, has paid great attention to the themes of the environment, rooted in the culture of the UISP. The event, through sport, speaks of environmental culture to young people from all over Italy”.
In Gorizia, the European city of culture 2025, the departure and arrival of Vivicittà are set in Piazza Transalpina, which unites the Italian and the Slovenian part. In Turin the route will unfold in the southern suburbs of the city and will end a week dedicated to the journey. In Bari, the route will join the old part to the promenade and, as usual, the race is announced as a faster Unodelle, as well as that of Pescara, which in the edition of last year expressed the winner of the single national ranking. In Cagliari the route will be hosted in the historic center and will involve various city networks, present along the circuit. The social theme of connecting the periphery and city center will be characterizing the tests of Latina, Ancona, Aosta. In La Spezia the route will develop along the backs that enclose the medieval historic center. As for the with competitive, in Florence Vivicittà will coincide with the great feast of the city Half Marathon and for this reason an intermediate milestone will be set up. In Reggio Emilia, as usual, thousands of boys and girls of the schools are expected to start. The colors of the Peace Flag will open the recreational motor walks of Vivicittà in CatanzaroMatera, Catania.