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Mussolini's wartime bunker opens to the public in Rome

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After its last closure in 2021, it has now reopened for guided tours of the air raid shelter and the bunker. The complex now includes a multimedia exhibition about Rome during World War II, air raid systems for civilians, and the series of 51 Allied bombings that pummeled the city between July 1943 and May 1944.

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Mussolini's wartime bunker opens to the public in Rome

15 days ago·Canada

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Mussolini’s wartime bunker opens to the public in Rome

Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — June, 1940. Italy enters World War II, and Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini promptly sets about constructing air raid shelters for himself at Villa Torlonia, his grand Rome residence since 1929. In total, the fascists build three underground structures to protect Mussolini and his family. The first, in 1940, was an adaptation of an old wine cellar in the grounds of Villa Torlonia. A year later, an air raid shelter wa…

16 days ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Mussolini’s wartime bunker opens to the public in Rome - Boston News, Weather, Sports

(CNN) — June, 1940. Italy enters World War II, and Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini promptly sets about constructing air raid shelters for himself at Villa Torlonia, his grand Rome residence since 1929. In total, the fascists build three underground structures to protect Mussolini and his family. The first, in 1940, was an adaptation of an old wine cellar in the grounds of Villa Torlonia. A year later, an air raid shelter was built in the basem…

16 days ago·Boston, United States

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Mussolini's World War II bunker reopens for public in Rome

It was June 1940, Italy was entering World War II, and the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini immediately began building airborne shelters to protect himself in Villa Torlonia, his great residence in Rome since 1929. In total, the fascists built three underground structures to protect Mussolini and his family. The first one, in 1940, was an adaptation of an old bakery on the grounds of Villa Torlonia. A year later, the airborne shelter was built …

15 days ago·Brazil

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