Italy 1943–1945
MuGot — Museo Gotica Toscana, Ponzalla
Museum
The story
A volunteer-run museum founded in 2019 between the Futa and Giogo passes, telling the story of the 1944 battles in the Mugello through documents, filmed testimonies, uniforms and recovered equipment. Its guides also lead visits to the battlefields and bunkers of the Gothic Line, so it is the best place to get oriented before climbing to the passes.
What to look for
Ask about the battlefield tour to Monte Altuzzo, and look at the maps of the German positions around the two passes.
Plan your visit
Via Ponzalla 47, Scarperia e San Piero. Wed and Fri 09:30–13:30; Sat–Sun 09:30–12:30, 14:00–18:30; €5, guided visit €8 — check before you go.
- Open
- Wed & Fri 09:30–13:30; Sat–Sun 09:30–12:30, 14:00–18:30; closed 1 & 6 Jan, Easter, 25 Dec
- Price
- €5; guided museum tour €8; museum + battlefield tour €12
- Booking
- Only battlefield tours need booking (info@museogotica.it, +39 333 196 8080)
Checked September 2026 from official sources: museogotica.it, musei.mugellotoscana.it. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Il Giogo Pass and Monte Altuzzo · 3 km
- German War Cemetery, Futa Pass · 11 km
- Florence War Cemetery, Girone · 28 km
- Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria, Florence · 30 km
- Ponte Vecchio and the demolished quarter, Florence · 30 km
- Monte Sole Historical Park — Casaglia · 34 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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