What is there to see in Italy?
Tue Nov 05, 2019 11:25 pm
Looking for aviation museums nearer some of the common tourist areas.
Re: What is there to see in Italy?
Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:45 am
I know Brindisi Airfield had a bunch of birds on sticks, when we were there for Bosnia Operations.
Re: What is there to see in Italy?
Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:52 am
The two major museums are the Italian Air Force Museum, at Vigna di Valle, to the north of Rome, and the Volandia collection, at Milan/Malpensa airport.
Re: What is there to see in Italy?
Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:20 am
The Caproni Museum in Trento, in the north east of Italy, is also well worth a trip
Vigna di Valle is a must-see, a world class museum in a lovely lakeside location near Rome, and worth the trip for the Schneider Trophy racer line-up alone.
Vigna di Valle is a must-see, a world class museum in a lovely lakeside location near Rome, and worth the trip for the Schneider Trophy racer line-up alone.
Re: What is there to see in Italy?
Wed Nov 06, 2019 4:09 pm
Wow! Great feedback. Thanks all!
Re: What is there to see in Italy?
Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:14 pm
I second Vigna di Valle, fantastic, and a beautiful location.
There is also a terrific museum about 40 miles southeast of Rome, can't think of the name right now, they have many large buildings full of stuff, half of it local history and half WW2. It's the place that has the P-40 that was pulled off the sea floor off of Anzio. Only a few airplanes there but lots of other neat stuff including four Sherman tanks.
Incidentally Anzio is a nice little town, worth a trip. Not much in the way of battlefield sites, a small museum, but if you go be sure to visit the British and US cemeteries. If you do, read Bill Mauldin's account of Lt. General Lucian Truscott's speech at the dedication of the US cemetery, extraordinary. In fact everyone should read about it anyway, it makes my eyes water every time:
https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/23/opinions ... index.html
Of all the places we've been I think Italy was our favorite vacation.
Edit: found the name of that museum, Piana Delle Orme http://pianadelleorme.com/pages/
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There is also a terrific museum about 40 miles southeast of Rome, can't think of the name right now, they have many large buildings full of stuff, half of it local history and half WW2. It's the place that has the P-40 that was pulled off the sea floor off of Anzio. Only a few airplanes there but lots of other neat stuff including four Sherman tanks.
Incidentally Anzio is a nice little town, worth a trip. Not much in the way of battlefield sites, a small museum, but if you go be sure to visit the British and US cemeteries. If you do, read Bill Mauldin's account of Lt. General Lucian Truscott's speech at the dedication of the US cemetery, extraordinary. In fact everyone should read about it anyway, it makes my eyes water every time:
https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/23/opinions ... index.html
Of all the places we've been I think Italy was our favorite vacation.
Edit: found the name of that museum, Piana Delle Orme http://pianadelleorme.com/pages/
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Re: What is there to see in Italy?
Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:34 pm
What is there to see in Italy?
Pretty Italian ladies and pizza??????
Birds come in third!!!! or am I out to lunch with a lady having pizza????
Have a good trip Brandon!
Re: What is there to see in Italy?
Wed Nov 06, 2019 11:08 pm
bdk wrote:Wow! Great feedback. Thanks all!
Make sure you take pictures
Re: What is there to see in Italy?
Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:19 am
I will, but only family vacation pictures. No airplane photos!Scott Rose wrote:Make sure you take pictures
I think my wife and son know I won't be happy without visiting a few military museums...