Italy 1943–1945
Montegridolfo and the Museo della Linea dei Goti
Battlefield and museum
The story
The walled hilltop village taken on 31 August 1944, where Lieutenant Gerard Norton won the Victoria Cross. A small local museum 300 metres from the centre gathers newspapers, photographs, weapons and everyday objects from 1943–44, many donated by villagers, telling the story of the Gothic Line from both sides and from the civilians caught between them.
What to look for
Walk the walls for the view over the Foglia valley, then visit the museum on Via Borgo.
Plan your visit
Museo della Linea dei Goti, Via Borgo; admission by donation; opening days are limited — phone +39 0541 1613093 before you go.
Nearby sites
- Gemmano — "the Cassino of the Adriatic" · 10 km
- Gradara War Cemetery · 12 km
- Coriano Ridge War Cemetery · 16 km
- Rimini Gurkha War Cemetery, Cerasolo · 20 km
- Rimini — the liberated city · 24 km
- Arezzo War Cemetery, Indicatore · 83 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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