{"id":263,"date":"2017-03-04T11:55:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T11:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2018-11-19T11:53:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T11:53:32","slug":"stay-sitges-accommodation-would-like-to-host-you-in-the-59th-edition-of-the-barcelona-sitges-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/04\/stay-sitges-accommodation-would-like-to-host-you-in-the-59th-edition-of-the-barcelona-sitges-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Sitges accommodation would like to host you in the 59th edition of the Barcelona Sitges Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stay Sitges accommodation would like to host you in the 59th<\/sup> edition of the Barcelona Sitges Rally<\/strong><\/h1>\n

This Weekend Sunday the 5th<\/sup> of March<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The first edition of the Rally was held on 8 February 1959, with twenty cars.<\/h3>\n

Since the first edition, the exit from the Sant Jaume Square hosted a multitude of visitors.\u00a0The Mayor, Mr.\u00a0Porcioles had to give out, but a sudden, it was Mr.\u00a0Juan Antonio Samaranch (right with the Spanish flag) responsible for giving out.<\/p>\n

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The caravan took the road already, at that time, the only road linking Barcelona to Sitges, the road to the coast.\u00a0In the photo below, a DELAUNAY BELLEVILLE with participants in period costumes, one of the keys to success of the event.<\/p>\n

From the beginning, the organization set a condition that the vehicle occupants participants were dressed according to the time of manufacture of your vehicle.<\/p>\n

The reason for this condition is that the rally was part of winter festivals of Sitges and Sitges Carnival is celebrated by those dates, favored this condition was accepted with enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

In the beginning, the Rally was conceived as a sporting event regularity during the stretch of the Garraf coast, where the vehicles had to maintain the same rate of descent as Coasts rise.\u00a0This \u201csportsmanship\u201d was regulated under the rules of the FIA.
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Arriving in Sitges, participants marched along the Passeig de la Ribera until the Fragata, where as today, they were received by the authorities and parked cars to the public could admire them.<\/p>\n

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The announcement of the Rally success encouraged the organizers to organize the following editions, which ended up shaping the current rally.<\/p>\n

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Source by:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.rallybarcelonasitges.com\/en\/historia\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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