Lonigo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza , Veneto , northern Italy , its population counts around 16,400 inhabitants.
5-639: The Santa Marina Stadium is an 5,000-capacity motorcycle stadium in the Lonigo , Italy. The stadium is situated in the southern part of Lonigo, which itself is 25km south of Vicenza . The stadium is affiliated to the Federazione Motociclistica Italiana and has a circumference of 334 metres. The Moto Club Lonigo had previously raced speedway at the Hippodrome Municipal Park from 1947 to 1972 before moving to
10-627: A new site in nearby Monticello di Fara, Sarego . The track known as La Favorita, off the Via Julia Divisione, was only a temporary solution for the club because they wanted a facility that would meet international regulations. Work began on the Santa Marina Stadium and it opened on the on 12 June 1977, hosting the semi-finals of the 1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship . Although the Moto Club Lonigo moved to
15-474: Is the Villa Pisani , a Renaissance patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio , which is part of a World Heritage Site . Another villa in the comune , Rocca Pisana , was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi . Outside the town is the church and complex of the 16th-century Sanctuary of Madonna dei Miracoli. Lonigo is twinned with: Lonigo is well known for motorcycle speedway and has a stadium known as
20-569: The Italian Individual Speedway Championship . In 2021, renovation costing in excess 280,000 euros took place in order to bring the stadium into line with regulatory adaptation that also allowed the venue to be used by other parties and not exclusively speedway and it also set a new capacity of 5,000 instead of 8,000. This motorcycle speedway-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lonigo In its frazione of Bagnolo
25-609: The new stadium in 1977, a new motorcycle club called MotoClub La Favorita Sarego was formed and they continued to race at La Favorita until 1982, when it was converted into a football facility for ASD La Favorita 93. The Santa Marina stadium became the home of the World Championship round, known as the Speedway Grand Prix of Italy in 1996 and from 2005 to 2008. In addition it has hosted numerous major speedway events, including World and European qualifiers and
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