History of unification of Italy in 19th century

[DO&D]

I am interested in this time of Italian history and am shortly visiting Rome. Does anyone know which museum in Rome covers this important time in Italian history?

[JK2]

The Museum del Risorgimento in Rome deals primarily with the history of the unification of Italy into a single modern state. Exhibits at this museum in Rome include documents, photographs and charts pertaining to the various stages and landmarks in the unification of Rome. This museum in Rome is open from 9am to 6.30pm and museum admission is free.

[JK2]

This is the website
http://www.regione.piemonte.it/cultura/risorgi mento/iindex.htm

[JK2]

According to the museum's website it is not free as the earlier website said. It is � 5

[Peter Pedant]

Oh and risorgimento doesnt mean re-organisation, although reunification was a kinda reorganisation if you think of it
it means resurgence

Garibaldi and his merry lot went around inn Red Shirts and there is one there ! (I think or else that is Naples). It looks a bit like a shrivelled red-brown bag-pipe bag.

Apparently Red SHirts are a bit like bits of The True Cross, which come to think of it, you can see a few in the Vatican Museum

have a goooood triiiip !

[Peter Pedant]

The link led me through to the risorgimento (or resurgence) Museum in Turin

butwhat the Hell ! that's in Italy, isnt it ?

[JK2]

Sorry about that - it is here
Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II The first thing many first time visitors to Rome see is the giant white marble monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, the first King to unify modern day Italy in 1861. Benito Mussolini called it the "Altar of the Nation". Locals today refer to it as the "typewriter" or "the wedding cake".

The monument today houses the Museum of Italian Reunification in the base of the monument. The upper tier of the monument contains the eternal flame of the tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. The monument stands at the head of Via del Corso, the oldest road in the city still in use, built over 2000 years ago. The road was used for horse races and was once the main entrance to the city as well as a military parade route

[JK2]

My favourite museum in Rome is the Castel St Angelo near to the Vatican. It is a superb fortress - looking like a wedding cake - where various popes took refuge when the city was being attacked. Inside the fortress is a delightful small palace. The contrast between the outside and the inside is terrific. In summer concerts are performed in the grounds.