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Borsari's Corner is at the intersection of Lygon and
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History

The corner is named after
Nino Borsari Nino Borsari (14 December 1911 – 31 March 1996) was an Italian cyclist who won a gold medal in the 4000 metres team pursuit event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Early life Borsari was born on 14 December 1911 in Cavezzo, Italy. His mother Ros ...
, a member of the Gold medal-winning Italian pursuit cycling team at the 1932 Olympics, who was competing in Australia when
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broke out. Unable to return home, he established a bicycle repair shop on the corner in 1941. It is located by the intersection of
Lygon Street Lygon Street is located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, running through the inner northern suburbs of Carlton, Carlton North, Princes Hill and Brunswick East. Lygon Street is synonymous with the Italian community of Melbourne, form ...
and
Grattan Street Grattan Street is a major street in Melbourne, Australia. History Since 2020, Grattan Street has been split by the building works for a new pedestrian zone adjoining the university, and for the construction of Parkville railway station. In J ...
s, in
Carlton, Victoria Carlton is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, three kilometres north of the Melbourne central business district within the city of Melbourne local government area. Carlton recorded a population of 16,055 at the 2021 census. ...
,
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
. In the late 1940s, a neon sign of Borsari was erected, and is currently of heritage significance. Borsari was active in the local Italian community, organising cultural and welfare activities. The corner has become so well known that in 1967 Italian president Giuseppe Saragat delivered a speech at the spot.


See also

* Dingo Flour sign in North Fremantle,
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Nylex Clock The Nylex Clock is heritage listed as an iconic feature of Melbourne, Australia and is considered part of the popular culture of the city. It is neon sign sitting atop malting storage silos in the suburb of Cremorne, Victoria, Cremorne. It is l ...
in
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* Pelaco Sign in
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* Skipping Girl Sign in
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Borsari's Corner neon sign

Borsari's Cycles
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