September 23, 2024

Corri la Vita 2024

Sunday 29 September a day of sports and free visits to art venues throughout the city

Appointment in Florence on Sunday, September 29 with the event that combines sports, culture and solidarity, which again this year will end exceptionally at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Piazza della Signoria where more than thirty thousand people are expected to support fundraising for projects dedicated to the treatment of breast cancer.

Many guests will animate the stage with the conduction of Eva Edili, historical presenter of Corri la Vita. This year groups will be the stars: Bandidas, Banda Bandao, Large Street Band, the Fanfare of the Carabinieri Corps and the Tennis in Pink Association. Plus sportsmen Veronica Angeloni, Leonardo Deplano, young singer Neena, Massimo Di Cataldo, Federico Russo, Alessandro Canino, Gianfranco Monti and street artist Skim. Also on stage are the captains of the four colors of Historic Football who will award the children at the finish line.

Simona Ventura will be the godmother of the 22nd edition, while the starter will be Simona's husband Giovanni Terzi, a journalist and sports fan.

“Corri La Vita represents an extraordinary opportunity for the community not only in Florence to unite and show solidarity with women affected by breast cancer while helping to fund concrete projects and support services for patients, prevention and psycho-oncological recovery,” stressed Eleonora Frescobaldi. ”The participation and support of citizens, companies and institutions makes the success of this event possible, confirming the value of solidarity and collective commitment in the fight against this disease by uniting culture, sports and charity in the spectacular setting of Florence.

Participants will be able to choose between two new routes varying in degrees of difficulty-one dedicated to those who want to run and a second for those who prefer to enjoy cultural destinations along the way. Both will wind through unprecedented scenery and breathtaking views designed specifically to enjoy the unique beauty of Florence.

The first route of about 10.3 km will follow this itinerary: Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Ponte alla Vittoria, Piazza Gaddi, Via della Fonderia, Lungarno Santa Rosa, Lungarno Soderini, Piazza Sauro, Via dei Serragli, Via Sant'Agostino, Via Mazzetta, Piazza San Felice, Via Romana, Piazzale di Porta Romana, Viale Machiavelli, Via Schiaparelli, Via San Leonardo, Porta San Giorgio, Costa San Giorgio, Costa Scarpuccia, Via de' Bardi, Piazza dei Mozzi, Via San Niccolò, Via San Miniato, Porta San Miniato, Via dei Bastioni, Via Ser Ventura Monachi, Via della Fornace, Lungarno Cellini, Lungarno Serristori, Ponte alle Grazie, Lungarno alle Grazie, Piazza Cavalleggeri, Via dei Neri, Via dei Leoni, Piazza San Firenze, Via del Proconsolo, Piazza Duomo, Piazza San Giovanni, Via Roma, Piazza della Repubblica, Via Calimala, Piazza del Mercato Nuovo, Via Vacchereccia, Piazza della Signoria.

The second route of about 5 km, from the Cascine Park to Piazza della Signoria via the Oltrarno, will be dotted with a series of cultural stops with special openings selected by the cultural association Firenze Città Nascosta, which with its volunteer art historians, will introduce participants to gardens, courtyards and palaces usually closed to the public such as Palazzo Lenzi and the courtyard and garden of Palazzo Antinori. The route will follow the following itinerary: Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Ponte alla Vittoria, Piazza Gaddi, Via della Fonderia, Lungarno Santa Rosa, Lungarno Soderini, Ponte Vespucci, Lungarno Vespucci, Piazza Goldoni, Via dei Fossi, Piazza Santa Maria Novella, Via dei Banchi, Via dei Rondinelli, Piazza degli Antinori, Via Tornabuoni, Via della Vigna Nuova, Piazza Goldoni, Lungarno Corsini, Ponte Santa Trinita, Piazza Frescobaldi, Borgo san Jacopo, Via dei Bardi, Piazza Santa Maria Soprano, Lungarno Torrigiani, Ponte alle Grazie, Via dei Benci,m Via dei Vagellai, Via dei Saponai, Piazza dei Giudici,m Lungarno dei Medici, Piazza del Pesce, Via Por Santa Maria, Via Vacchereccia, Piazza della Signoria.

Cultural destinations open for the occasion along the route of the walk in the morning from 9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m:
1. Granary of Plenty via del Tiratoio 1
2. Palazzo Lenzi (headquarters of Institut Français de Florence) piazza Ognissanti 2
3. Former San Giovanni di Dio Hospital Borgo Ognissanti 20
4. Oratory San Francesco dei Vanchetoni via Palazzuolo 17
5. Courtyard and garden of Palazzo Antinori piazza Antinori
6. Ferragamo Museum (10:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.) piazza di Santa Trinita 5R
7. Courtyard of Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinat via dei Bardi 36
8. Rowing Society of Florence piazza Mentana - slip of Porticciolo
9. Cathedral of the Image - Inside Van Gogh immersive exhibition (10 a.m.-3 p.m.) Piazza di Santo Stefano 5
10. Palazzo Bartolommei via Lambertesca, 11

Museums and places open for free throughout the day:
Museo Stibbert, Museo Degli Innocenti, Il Conventino Caffè Letterario, Osservatorio Ximeniano, Osservatorio Astrofisico Di Arcetri, Giardino Bardini, Orto Botanico Giardino dei Semplici, Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia, Museo Di Antropologia ed Etnologia, La Specola, Arnoboat - Crociera Sull'Arno, Museo Di Santa Maria Nuova, Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica Di Frenze, Complesso di Santa Croce, Cathedral of the Image - Inside Van Gogh immersive exhibition, Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, Museo HZero, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Palazzo Strozzi - Helen Frankenthaler Exhibition. Painting Without Rules, GuccI Garden, Former Bonifacio Hospital Chapel (now Florence Police Headquarters), Museo Del Giocattolo, Canottieri Society of Florence, Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art in Prato, Salvatore Romano Foundation, Palazzo Vecchio Museum, Santa Maria Novella Museum, Museo Novecento, Forte Belvedere, Gino Bartali Cycling Museum, Bardini Museum

For those who would likè to help the Corri la Vita project but will not be able to go to one of the distribution points, the official T-shirt, while supplies last, will be delivered free of charge throughout Italy thanks to BRT: simply make a minimum donation of 10 euros directly at www.corrilavita.it. To get your T-shirt by September 29, you must place your order by Sunday, September 22.

T-shirts will be available until September 26 while supplies last at:
LILT Florence Viale D. Giannotti, 23
Firenze Marathon Viale Fanti, 2
L'Isolotto dello Sport Via dell'Argingrosso, 69 A/B
Ottica Fontani Viale Filippo Strozzi, 18
Universo Sport Via Masaccio, 201
Universo Sport Via Sandro Pertini, 36 / Viale Guidoni
Game 7 Athletics Piazza Duomo, 6/r
Game 7 Athletics / I Gigli Via San Quirico, 165
Mercato di San Lorenzo Piazza del Mercato Centrale, ground floor

LAST MINUTE*: Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Republic Square at the “Village of Health” and Sunday, Sept. 29 in Vittorio Veneto Square from 8 a.m. until the start of the event.