(15 Feb 2026)
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Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – 15 February 2026
1. Wide of people taking pictures of Olympic rings in Cortina
2. Mid of people entering restaurant
3. Wide of Olympic torches on restaurant wall
4. Wide of Sarajevo 1984 and Sochi 2014 Olympic torches
5. Close of Melbourne Olympic torch
6. Mid of Giorgio Ghedina taking Berlin 1936 Olympic torch off the wall
7. Close of Berlin 1936 Olympic torch
8. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Giorgio Ghedina, restaurant owner and Olympic torches collector:
โIn 2006, I was a torchbearer for Turin (Winter Olympics), which passed right here in front of us, and I had the opportunity to buy the torch. And that’s when this escalation began, this escalation of collecting these pieces of memorabilia.โ
9. Close of Innsbruck 1976 Olympic torch
10. Wide of people eating, Olympic torches on the wall
11. Mid of Sarajevo 1984 Olympic torch
12. SOUNDBITE (Italian) , restaurant owner and Olympic torches collector:
“The collection, well, now I have 35 pieces. Then another four or five duplicates that I would like to use for trading with the torches I donโt have, I’m missing seven to have the complete collection. Let’s say that Helsinki (Olympic torches), there are 40 pieces in the world, that are unattainable because they are insanely priced.โ
13. Wide of Olympic torches
14. Close of Vancouver 2010 Olympics torch with signatures
15. Close up of Torino 2006 Olympic torch
16. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Giorgio Ghedina, restaurant owner and Olympic torches collector:
“They found it (the Helsinki Olympic torch) at 250,00 euros (almost US$297,000) but I said look (starts laughing) thank you, but it’s unattainable for me, so anyway. No, I’ll make it out of cardboard. And I’ll hang it up.”
17. Wide of Olympic torches
18. Close of Beijing 2022 Olympic torch
19. Wide of Gedina looking at pictures on his phone
20. Mid of picture of Lindsey Vonn looking at Olympic torches
21. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Giorgio Ghedina, restaurant owner and Olympic torches collector:
“And they arrive, and each one searches for their own, searches for their own with memories, then it also happens that some former athlete who participated in those Olympics arrives, parents of champions who have also won medals arrive, in short, it’s interesting, it really creates a dialogue, a fascinating dialogue of history, of history of struggles. Beautiful, truly beautiful.”
22. Mid of Nagano 1998 Olympic torch and banner
23. Close of Athens 2004 Olympic torch
24. Mid of visitor photographing Olympic torches
STORYLINE:
A restaurant in Cortina, Italy is offering Olympic visitors a taste of local cuisine and a journey through the history of the Olympic Games.
At Al Passetto, owner Giorgio Ghedina has more than 30 Olympic torches on display, along with dozens of other priceless items of memorabilia.
Ghedina, who is the uncle of five-time Italian Olympic alpine skier Kristian Ghedina, said his interest in torch collecting was lit when he took part in the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic torch relay.
“I was a torchbearer for Turin, which passed right here in front of us, and I had the opportunity to buy the torch,” he said, “That’s when this escalation began of collecting these pieces of memorabilia.โ
Ghedina, a former bobsledder on Italyโs national team, was born in Cortina three years after the town hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics.
He has torches on display from both Winter Olympics that have taken place in his hometown, which is serving as a co-host of the 2026 Games with Milan.
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