The Cultural Value of the Targa Florio - Conference and Photographic Exhibition

On the occasion of the Targa Florio Classica 2025, the Motor Museum of the University Museum System presents the conference "The Cultural Value of the Targa Florio," promoted by the Culture Commission of the Automobile Club of Palermo. The event will also include an exhibition of historic photographs by Piergiorgio Ferreri, relating to the editions of the famous car race held between 1971 and 1975.

A double event for all motorsport enthusiasts.

Starts at 6:30 pm, admission is free.

Program

Institutional Greetings

Salvatore Requirez: Introduction to the proceedings

Angelo Pizzuto: Targa Florio Classica, the continuity of memory

Nuccio Rubino: The Roaring Twenties on the Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie

Giuseppe Pantano: Baron Antonio Pucci

Piergiorgio Ferreri: The Flying Dean

Danilo Maniscalco: Cambellotti's Targa Florio

Filippo Forgia: Targa, feminine noun

Giulio Perricone: Collecting as a tool of memory

Rosario Giordano: The Targa Florio research and development laboratory

Giacinto Pipitone: The Targa Florio of a century ago

Round Table: Targa Florio, an Ancient and Modern Passion

Enzo Manzo (Targapedia), Friends of the Targa Florio Association, Rino Guarino (Veteran Car Club Panormus ASI), Francalaura Mancuso (Vincenzo Florio ASI Club), Giuseppe Giaconia di Migaido (Florio's Sicily)

Vincenzo Prestigiacomo: Vincenzo Florio

Antonino Catanzaro (Vincenzo Florio Museum in Cerda)

Michele Gargano (T.F. Iconographic Museum in Collesano)

The Drivers' Voices: Raffaele Restivo, Armando Floridia, Totò, and Ernesto Riolo