Infantry Museum Rome
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| place | Piazza Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 9, 00185 Rome |
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History museum
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| opening | 1959 |
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Antonio Mancinetti
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The Infantry Museum in Rome ( it. Museo Storico della Fanteria ) is a military museum of the Italian army . It is located on the Piazza Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 9 , near the pilgrimage church of the same name in the Esquilino district .
exhibition
The museum has 40 exhibition rooms on three floors. The history of the infantry from antiquity to the present day is documented. Among the exhibits are weapons , uniforms , flags , coats of arms and medals , as well as various paintings, statues and other works of art. The battle of Zama (202 BC) and a trench from the First World War were reproduced, among other things . The museum has a military history library and an archive .
The focus of the exhibition is on the Italian " line infantry ". However, special sub-genres of infantry such as grenadiers , riflemen , mountain troops and paratroopers are also taken into account , although some of them have their own museums in Italy. Immediately next to the infantry museum is the museum of the Granatieri di Sardegna , a traditional guards soldiers group. The Bersaglieri have their own museum at the Roman Porta Pia , the Alpini a museum in Trento .
Attached to the infantry museum is a small tank museum , which is planned to be made independent and expanded. The Museo Storico della Motorizzazione Militare in Rome-Cecchignola, which specializes in military vehicles , is of importance in this context .
history
After the Bersaglieri in 1904 and the Grenadiers in 1924 had their own museums and the construction of a museum had begun for the Alpini in 1940 and only individual regimental museums or collections were available in the area of the "line infantry", the question of a central infantry museum arose . Various initiatives in this context initially fizzled out until Generals Edoardo Scala and Attilio Bruno managed to preserve the former grenadier barracks in Rione Esquilino for the planned infantry museum . After renovation and expansion work, the then President Giovanni Gronchi was able to open it on June 28, 1959. Since 1986 it has been subordinate to the infantry school in Cesano near Rome. In 1990 the museum was renovated.
literature
- Nicola Bultrini: Il Museo Storico della Fanteria. Nordpress, Chiari 2008, ISBN 8895774086 .
Web links
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 20 " N , 12 ° 30 ′ 53" E