Musseo Piaggo

The mekka for Vespa enthusiasts all over the world, The Piaggo Museum in Pontedera, Italy.

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But even if this is the birthing place of the most iconic means of mass transportation along with the VW Beetle, and the majority of the visitors that visit these grounds may have a strong interest for the brand as a scooter there is so much else going on at the same time…

The grounds and the historic archives tells a story of skillful engineering that is not limited to building small displacement scooters but extends to railway applications and planes al well as cable cars and cooking ware,  all of this is one mans vision to provide goods that could benefit the people.

Coming up to the museum you are greeted in the courtyard by a P.148 acrobatic airplane and a beautiful tram that must have been quite a view when it was in operation.

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Once you are indoors the Piaggo museum triggers the adventures side of you, by displaying several scooters used on extreme and mind boggling expeditions crossing continents longitudinal and latitudinal and over several years

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