Italy Emilia-Romagna

Cento, near Bologna. Enzo Ferrari defined the Mille Miglia (Thousand Miles) ?the world's greatest road race?. This popular open-road endurance race took place in Italy from 1927 to 1957, when was banned after two fatal crashes. Since 1977, the name was revived as the Mille Miglia Storica, a parade for pre-1957 cars that takes several days. Still today small towns like Cento wait with shows till night the cars parade.

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Cento, near Bologna. Enzo Ferrari defined the Mille Miglia (Thousand Miles) ?the world's greatest road race?. This popular open-road endurance race took place in Italy from 1927 to 1957, when was banned after two fatal crashes. Since 1977, the name was revived as the Mille Miglia Storica, a parade for pre-1957 cars that takes several days. Still today small towns like Cento wait with shows till night the cars parade.