Honors
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Cavaliere di gran croce dell'Ordine al merito della Repubblica italiana)
- Rome, 2 December 2004
- Bonatti refused afterwards the honor because jointly awarded to Achille Compagnoni.
- Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor (Commandeur de l'Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur)
- Paris, June 2002
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