Tazio Nuvolari has found a new home, or at least his museum has. The museum devoted to him and his motor racing career, originally housed in the Palazzo del Podest\u00e0, in his hometown of Mantua, was closed over a year ago so that the building could be restored. However, last September 17th the Flying Mantuan\u2019s famous gold tortoise, trophies, medals, honors, photographs, paintings, racing gear and many other unique artifacts in the care of the Automobile Club of Mantua\u2014of which Tazio was president from 1946 until his death\u2014went on display again in the city\u2019s Palazzo Ducale, to coincide with the start of the club\u2019s Nuvolari Grand Prix for vintage racecars. The exhibits will remain on public display there until the club finds a permanent location for the priceless collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tazio Nuvolari has found a new home, or at least his museum has. The museum devoted to him and his motor racing career, originally housed in the Palazzo del Podest\u00e0, in his hometown of Mantua, was closed over a year ago so that the building could be restored. However, last September 17th the Flying Mantuan\u2019s famous gold tortoise, trophies, medals, honors, photographs, paintings, racing gear and many other unique artifacts in the care of the Automobile Club of Mantua\u2014of which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":569868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11441],"tags":[17152,302,894,11357],"class_list":["post-491675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-museum","tag-car-culture","tag-italy","tag-museum","tag-tazio-nuvolari"],"yoast_head":"\n