Owners Mario, David, and Elvia Vitta
(son Nathan is not pictured)
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The Palajolly Roller Palace in Trieste, Italy is a
complex of buildings in a beautiful location, high
on a hill, near the
Nereo Rocco Soccer Stadium and the Trieste
Sports Center/Concert Hall. The Palajolly facilities include
an indoor roller skating rink, an outdoor rink, a cafe,
a lovely little chapel that came with the property, and a gymnasium
for weight lifting, stretching, dance classes, and
gymnastics training.
The rink is a family-owned business, founded
in 1973 by Guiseppe Levi, father of the current president Elvia Levi Vitta.
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The Indoor Rink
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The Indoor Rink
(Antonio Merlo, coach of the Italian
National Team, working with a student).
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The Outdoor Rink (former world champion
Sandro Guerra is on the left)
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The Outdoor Rink
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The Cafe
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The Chapel
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View from the outdoor rink
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View from behind the cafe
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In Winter and Summer, Palajolly hosts an international
artistic skating workshop, and in November or
December of each year they produce a spectacular
artistic skating show for an audience of more than 6,000 spectators.
If you have always wanted to visit Italy, consider planning a trip
around one of these events. And if you do, be
sure to let the owners of Palajolly know about your plans.
The Vittas are warm and friendly people, who made me feel very
welcome when I attended their workshop in February of 2001.
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