BELVEDERE FAUSTO COPPI

Fausto Coppi Lookout is the gateway to the Amalfi Coast, a corner of paradise where the connection between the deep blue of the sea and the boundless blue of the sky is celebrated. It is not only a beauty for the eyes, but also a challenge for two-wheelers. The Belvedere is the culmination of scenically evocative route, but also the custodian of a fascinating cycling feat that “The Heron” Fausto Coppi entrusted to history.

At the center of the Belvedere stands a stela, which the newspaper “Il Mattino” placed in this place to commemorate the feat of the champion Coppi, who in 1955, on this “grim mountain” and in the hairpin bends of the winding climb that connects Amalfi with Agerola, built one of his many epic sporting feats by breaking away from his adversaries and laying the foundations for victory in the Giro della Campania. Here, among the rocks and the endless sky, it reads, “On this peak Fausto Coppi champion exalted cycling.”