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18 Dec 2019 · You know, there is a place in Palermo that holds stories of sports and music: the Velodromo Paolo Borsellino. Born in 1991, this facility has witnessed unforgettable moments, from cycling to athletics, to great musical performances. Initially known as "San Gabriele", on land confiscated from the mafia, it was later renamed in honor of Paolo Borsellino, a judge and cycling enthusiast, killed by the mafia in 1992. It was funded by the 1990 World Cup, and with 17 billion lire it took shape in two years. Its... Show more
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Velodromo Paolo Borsellino
Stadium in Palermo, Italy
Velodromo Paolo Borsellino is a multi-use stadium in Palermo, Italy, located in the ZEN neighbourhood of the city, and currently home to local American football club Sharks Palermo and rugby football club Palermo Rugby 2005. It is named after Palermo magistrate and Mafia victim Paolo Borsellino.
The venue, originally thought as a velodrome which could also serve as a multi-use stadium, was completed in 1991, and hosted the 1994UCI Track Cycling World Championships held in Palermo. The venue was successively used by association football club U.S. Città di Palermo in the late 1990s, because of the unavailability of their home venue, Stadio La Favorita. The venue was successively used by another Palermo-based football club, ASD Fincantieri Palermo, during the 2003–04 season in the Serie D, and was also used by the US Palermo under-19 team until 2007.
In 2007 US Palermo announced plans to build a new stadium in the city, and suggested about the possibility of demolishing the Velodromo and build the new football-only ve
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Paolo Borsellino
Paolo Borsellino ( January 19, 1940 – July 19, 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate.
He was killed by a Mafia car bomb in Palermo, 57 days after his friend and fellow Antimafia magistrate Giovanni Falcone was assassinated in Capaci. He is considered to be one of the most important magistrates killed by the Sicilian Mafia and he is remembered as one of the main symbols of the battle of the State against the Mafia. Both Borsellino and Falcone were named as heroes of the last 60 years in the November 13, 2006, issue of Time Magazine. Forty-seven people were convicted in connection with his murder, but the entire case was discredited by the revelations of Gaspare Spatuzza.
Early life
Borsellino was born in a middle-class Palermo neighbourhood, Kalsa, a neighborhood of central Palermo which suffered extensive destruction by aerial attacks during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. His father was a pharmacist and his mother ran a pharmacy in the Via della Vitriera, next to the house were Paolo was born. As boys Borsellino and Falcone – who
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