Italy 1943–1945
Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome
Liberation site
The story
On 5 June 1944, the morning after American troops entered Rome, General Mark Clark held his famous press conference on the Capitoline Hill. For a day Rome was the world's headline, until the Normandy landings on 6 June pushed Italy off the front pages, where it largely stayed.
What to look for
Stand at the top of the Cordonata staircase and look over the city that was liberated almost undamaged.
Plan your visit
Open square; the Capitoline Museums are separate and ticketed.
Nearby sites
- Portico d'Ottavia and the Jewish Ghetto · under 1 km
- Via Rasella, Rome · 1 km
- Porta San Paolo, Rome · 2 km
- Museo storico della Liberazione, Via Tasso · 2 km
- Rome War Cemetery, Testaccio · 2 km
- Mausoleo delle Fosse Ardeatine, Rome · 5 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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