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Laying of cultural, historical, architectural, emotional signage...

In addition to the sports one, the connotation intended for the races of the BELLINZONA CASTLES & GO event is of a cultural, historical, architectural, landscaping, emotional and touristic nature.

Such features will also be highlighted by installing ad hoc special temporary signs which, placed in targeted passing points of the race routes, will display short texts indicating a historical event, an anecdote, a change in the architectural register or where exactly one finds himself at a precise moment and what could be found right there, etc.

Little matters if the temporary signs cannot be entirely read by the athletes in the competition. The important thing is that one realizes that there is something particular in a given point.

Therefore, in a digital, permanent and more in-depth form, a real and brand new city educational path dedicated to the particular cultural, historical and architectural objects of attention identified, touched and highlighted by the BELLINZONA CASTLES & GO event will then be presented on this same website. The purpose is to allow the participants and (why not?) their companions to be informed about it at any time.

The temporary special sign installation project and its related digital implementation are expected to develop further edition after edition.

The entire project could evolve towards a permanent physical presence in the city, also for the benefit of locals and tourists.

Cultural signs along the routes

The first edition of the event on Sunday 29th May 2022 presented three cultural signs along the routes. They concerned:

the ancient and precious Graziadio Antegnati Organ of the Collegiata Church SS. Pietro e Stefano built in 1588 by the most famous exponent of the renowned family of Brescian organ builders Antegnati (in collaboration with the Antegnati Bellinzona Festival - videoclip edition 2024)

the watercolors dedicated to Bellinzona by the famous English painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (painted from 1841 until 1843 during his journeys through Europe)

the rocky peak of Castel Grande Castle, discovery site of the oldest and most important Neolithic village in Switzerland and (also thanks to the presence of water on site) the beginning, in 5250 B.C., of what would later become the current city of Bellinzona

The second edition of the event on Sunday 28th May 2023 presented one new cultural sign along the routes. It concerned:

the cantonally protected district of San Giovanni, which, due to its location, urban design and architecture, is highly representative of 19th and 20th century bourgeois and railway buildings in Canton Ticino - new!

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