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       Stephen descending the cobblestone streets outside Colleferro, Italy

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       Stephen at work in his hair salon

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      Papa in front of his pride and joy, before his father sold it (Cocuzzo family photo)

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      Three generations of Cocuzzo men (Photo by Joshua Simpson)

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       Stephen in Florence, enjoying the first of countless cups of coffee

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       Stephen admiring the Arno River in Florence

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       Rob pretending not to be lost

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       View of the Tuscan hills just outside of San Casciano dei Bagni

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       Stephen cruising through the rolling hills of Tuscany on the second day

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       Rob preparing himself for more riding despite excruciating knee pain

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       Stephen approaching the Colosseum on their way out of Rome

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       Italian cycling legend Tulio Rossi poses with Stephen and Rob in his bike shop

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       Rossi tinkering away in his shop on the outskirts of Rome

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       Entering San Donato for the first time

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       Stephen resting outside the B&B in San Donato

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       The rooftops of San Donato with the Apennines in the distance

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       Some of the “San Donato sitcom” cast

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       Pasqualina Perrella saved the lives of a number of Jews during the Nazi occupation.

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       The World War II monument in the heart of San Donato

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       Stephen fast asleep in the piazza of San Donato

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       Gaetano Cocuzzo explaining the Cocuzzo family tree

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       The monument in San Donato is dedicated to the Jewish people who lost their lives during the Nazi occupation, especially a young girl named Noemi Levi.

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       Stephen speaking with Delia Roffo in the piazza

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       Via Orologio, the street where Rob’s great-grandfather was born in San Donato

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       Rob and Stephen overlooking Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo the day before returning to the United States

      THE ROAD TO

      SAN DONATO

      THE ROAD TO

      SAN DONATO

       FATHERS, SONS, AND CYCLING ACROSS ITALY

      ROBERT COCUZZO

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      Cover photograph: The author’s father, Stephen Cocuzzo, standing next to his first bicycle in Brighton, Massachusetts (Cocuzzo family photo)

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