Italy 1943–1945
Historiale museum, Cassino
Museum
The story
Opened in 2004 for the battle's 60th anniversary, the Historiale is Cassino's own multimedia museum, with rooms designed by the Oscar-winning effects artist Carlo Rambaldi. It explains the Gustav Line, the bombing and what the town's 20,000 inhabitants endured, a story easily lost among the military cemeteries.
What to look for
Follow the guided route through the war rooms, the bombing and the postwar rebuilding of a town that had been completely destroyed.
Plan your visit
Via San Marco 23. Weekday guided visits at set times; published hours vary between official sources. Check before you go.
- Open
- Mornings only, by guided visit of about 1 hour; closed Sat
- Booking
- Tickets online via VivaTicket or CiaoTickets
- Access
- 450 m from Cassino railway station
Checked September 2026 from official sources: historiale.it, historiale.it. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Cassino War Cemetery and Memorial · under 1 km
- Rocca Janula (Castle Hill), Cassino · 1 km
- Abbey of Monte Cassino · 1 km
- Polish War Cemetery and Memorial Museum, Monte Cassino · 2 km
- Point 593 memorial, Monte Cassino · 3 km
- 36th Division memorials and the Rapido, Sant'Angelo in Theodice · 4 km
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Into Europe: Italy 1943–1945
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Allied campaign in Italy, from the Sicily landings of July 1943 through Salerno, the Winter Line, Ortona, Cassino and Anzio, Rome, the Gothic Line and the final battles on the Senio and the Po in April 1945.
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