Welcome to the Rwenzori Abruzzi Centenary Celebrations
1906 - 2006

This is the Official Website for the Centenary Celebrations of the climbing of the Rwenzori range by the scientific expedition led by Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Abruzzi in 1906.

You will find here information on the Rwenzori, its history, the people, the climbing and on the events of the Celebration to be held in 2006.

You will find opportunities for your own hiking experience and how to be part of the Rwenzori Abruzzi Celebration.

Mount Stanley in 1906-The highest group in the Rwenzori. Photo taken by Vittorio Sella.	Mount Stanley in 2006. Photo taken from the Bujuku Lake

"The official logo of the Rwenzori Abruzzi celebrations is the representation of the earth with the snow on the Rwenzori Mountains at the Equator (you can see the 0 degree on the orange line).You can also notice that both the flags of Uganda and Italy are represented by a number of small circles colored with black, red, yellow, white, green that are the colors of the two flags. I believe it is a nice and original work because it is harmonious, it represent recent and old concepts, is modern, innovative and can be easily understood.

The logo was thought and designed by Ms. Valentina Santhia, an Italian graphic designer living in Piedmont, the Italian region where the town of Torino is the regional headquarter and from where the Duke of Abruzzi and Vittorio Sella were coming from. I take this occasion to inform you that Ms. Valentina Santhia will also help us to promote the Rwenzori/Abruzzi celebrations in Italy. This is because she loves mountains, she lives near the Alps and she wants to promote love for the mountains."

Presentation by Pietro Averono, Chairman Publicity and Protocol Committee for the Rwenzori Abruzzi Centenary Celebrations.

Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy Duke of Abruzzi	The Rwenzori, by Filippo de Filippi, Hoepli Milan 1908.	Vittorio Sella, official photographer of the 1906 scientific expedition.