Italy 1943–1945
Museo della Battaglia del Senio, Alfonsine
Museum
The story
For the winter of 1944–45 the front lay along the high embankments of the Senio, with Germans and Allies sometimes on opposite sides of the same levee. Alfonsine was liberated on 10 April 1945, the day after the final offensive began. The museum, founded in 1981, covers the Allied operations, the Romagna partisans and civilian life under occupation.
What to look for
Study the maps of the Senio front and the photographs of Kangaroo and Fantail vehicles used in the flooded plain.
Plan your visit
Piazza della Resistenza 2, Alfonsine. Mon–Fri 08:30–13:00, Wed also 14:00–17:00, Sat 09:00–12:00, Sun on request, closed in August; free — check before you go.
- Open
- Mon, Tue, Thu–Sat 08:30–13:00; Wed 08:30–13:00 & 14:00–17:00; closed all August
- Price
- Free
- Booking
- Guided tours: tel. 335 5872319 or info@museodelsenio.it
Checked September 2026 from official sources: comune.alfonsine.ra.it. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Argenta — the Gap · 20 km
- Argenta Gap War Cemetery · 22 km
- Lake Comacchio — the commandos' battlefield · 24 km
- Polish War Cemetery, Bologna (San Lazzaro) · 51 km
- The Po at Pontelagoscuro, Ferrara · 54 km
- Sacrario dei Partigiani, Piazza del Nettuno, Bologna · 55 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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