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Monza circuit history: speed walled inside an imperial park

Inside the Parco di Monza, a nineteenth century royal estate has shared its silence with the Autodromo Nazionale for more than a century.

The Editors · 28 Aug 2026

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Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix

A royal park outside Milan built for speed in 1922, a championship race held here almost without interruption since 1950, tifosi (diehard fans, mostly draped in Ferrari red) crossing barriers to reach the podium the instant the race ends: velocity and devotion clocked on the same afternoon, in woods that were never meant to hold either. Welcome to the temple of speed, welcome to Monza!

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The Italian summer is not one season, it is several: running from the first heat of late May to the stillness of late September when the crowds have gone and the country becomes, briefly, entirely itself. This is a guide to navigating it well: where to go when Puglia fills up, what August means in a country that takes Ferragosto seriously, why September in Tuscany rewards those who planned ahead.

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