Giro d'Italia forbi Frosinone 30. mai

Siste sjanse for sprinterene til å vise seg fram på etappen mellom Napoli og Anagni. Etappen på 203km er en av Giroens lengste. Dette er nest siste etappe og denne kan være viktig for å avgjøre sammenlagtvinneren om det blir et tett løp. Sett deg ned for å se innspurten på TV fra ca. kl. 16. På kjøpet får du servert mange flotte bilder av området rundt.


La Gazetta dello Sport sier følgende om 20. etappe og Anagni
Anagni is situated on a spur of the Ernici hills that loom over the Sacco valley and boasts an ancient noble tradition that is also evidenced by the number, nature and architectural value of the historic and religious buildings found here. These include the Cathedral and the adjoining museum with its precious hangings and priceless sacred objects, the palace of Pope Boniface VIII, Casa Barnekow, the best known of the numerous medieval and renaissance residences in Anagni, and other pieces of heritage that conserve the medieval imprint of the town in the urban fabric.

Anagni is also known as the “city of the Popes”, having been the birthplace of numerous Popes and for being a kind of "papal capital". Its fame, also literary in nature, is also due to an episode known as the "outrage of Anagni". It was 1303 and the Church was embroiled in a struggle with the sovereigns of various nations over its temporal power when emissaries of the King of France, Philip IV, also known as Philip the Fair, led by Sciarra Colonna, arrived in Anagni and threatened to take Pope Boniface VIII, who lived there, as hostage. According to legend, the Pope was slapped by the emissaries, hence the other epithet by which the episode is known by, “the slap of Anagni”.
The excommunication of Pope Alexander III against Barbarossa began in the Cathedral of Anagni.

The wide array of culinary delicacies and wines in the Anagni area is both rich and of the utmost quality.


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Anagni ligger 3 mil Veroli.