Museums in Italy

An old Fiat dealership, in Amelia has been converted in a museum and events' center.

Sereno Pontoni exhibits a collection that tells the story of mopeds. 170 vehicles are exhibited with displacements from 38 to 50 cc up to 200 both in two and four strokes of the most diverse Italian and European origins, as well as Russian, Argentinian, Chinese and Japanese models. These include a 1949 Lambretta with the plaque of the Free Territory of Trieste. The collection also includes some historic cars

The International Sidecar Museum is certainly one of a kind. Over a period of 30 years Costantino Frontalini has collected more than 100 sidecars, creating a collection that, given the quality and quantity of the vehicles on display, is interesting not just for enthusiasts.

Andrea and Giuseppe Bruno set up this museum which displays an impressive selection of Lambretta scooters.

"Stanguellini is the mother of all Modenese car makers. It’s been around for over a century, its founding father Vittorio was responsible for creating the very first Modena motorcar: 1 MO. The license number is road-legal up until this very day, as is the original car still attached to it. The Stanguellini heritage is recognized by all the other marques in the neighbourhood – if they celebrate their 50th, 60th or even 90th anniversary they host their party at Stanguellini’s, as if they all feel a need to receive the blessing of the town’s true automotive pioneer" said 8W about the brand.

On display in the State Police Car Museum there are about thirty motor vehicles and motorcycles used by the State Police in the last 60 years. The technical characteristics of the vehicles forming part of the habits and life of Italians can be seen close up and admired. Among others, the famous Alfa 1900 "Pantera", the "Giulia", the Fiat "Campagnola" (off-road vehicle), the Highway Police "Guzzi" motor­cycle, and the legendary "Ferrari 250 GTE

This Museum contains a main point and suggestive harvest of photo, unpublished documentaries, objects and heirlooms of the auto race on harder and fascinating road of every time, the mythical one "Targa Florio".

The area of ​​the Roman garage is one thousand square meters to accommodate fifty cars. Nearly as many are in Tuscany and 130 in America, in Allentown. 80 percent of the cars were built before 1960. The oldest is from 1928.

"The Vittoriale Degli Italiani (The Shrine of Italian Victories)", is the monumental city-home, created in Gardone Riviera, on Lake Garda by the Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio between 1921 and 1938. The Vittoriale is not only an impressive house, but also comprises streets and squares, gardens, rivers, theatres and museums. The estate consists of the residence of d'Annunzio called the Prioria (Priory), an amphitheatre, the light cruiser Puglia set into a hillside, a boathouse containing the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a circular mausoleum.

Angelo Triolo's private motorcycle collection