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Museum of the End of the War
Museum of the End of the War
If you are passionate about history and want to experience first-hand one of the most representative places of the fascist era, all you have to do is visit the Museum of the End of the War in Dongo, located in Palazzo Manzi, right where the arrest of Benito Mussolini was made official.
Dongo is the place where Benito Mussolini and the hierarchs of the Italian Social Republic were captured and brought to the municipal headquarters, Palazzo Manzi, to formalize the arrest. Only a few days earlier, the Sala d’Oro, the hall of honor of Palazzo Manzi, was used as a mortuary for the fallen partisans.
The Palace was therefore the scene of memorable historical events and today becomes the ideal setting for their museum reenactment. Thus, the innovative Museum of the End of the War was born in Dongo: a virtual and interactive journey into the depths of one of the most controversial pages of Italian history.
Through artifacts, documents and testimonies, unpublished films and engaging reconstructions, the exhibition encourages the public to become protagonists of the story.
Modern multimedia technologies catapult the viewer into the tragic struggle of Italians against Italians, which characterized the Resistance war on Lake Como as in all of Italy. The visitor can thus relive firsthand the capture and execution of Mussolini and his hierarchs, the dramatic epilogue of the Fascist era.
If you have a passion for history and want to experience first-hand one of the most representative places of the fascist era, all you have to do is go for a visit to the Museum of the End of the War in Dongo, located in Palazzo Manzi, right where the arrest of Benito Mussolini was made official.
Dongo is the place where Benito Mussolini and the fascist ministers of the RSI (Italian Social Republic) were captured on 27th April 1945.They were all taken to the Town Hall, in Palazzo Manzi, in order to formalize the arrest. Only a few days before, the Golden Room (the hall of honour of Palazzo Manzi) was arranged as mortuary for the bodies of the partisans slain by the fascist brigades.
The palace was therefore the stage of momentous historic events and is now the evocative and ideal setting for their commemoration in a museum. And thus Dongo’s innovative End of WWII Museum was born: a virtual and interactive journey into the depths of one of the most controversial pages of Italian history.
Through the exposure of original relics, documentary evidence and witness accounts, new archive footage and engaging re-enactments, the exhibition invites the public to step into the stage of history.
Info: www.museofineguerradongo.it
Palazzo Manzi, Piazza Paracchini 6, 22014, Dongo (CO)
Tel +39 0344 82572
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