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Un Tuffo nella Storia 31/08-1/09 2024

The event UN TUFFO NELLA STORIA® (A DIVE INTO HISTORY) arrive in 2024 at the XX Edition!

Every year at the end of August/beginning of September a calendar of events is drawn up which includes visits to the installations of the battlefields of the Passo del Giogo (on Monticelli and Monte Altuzzo) during which reconstruction events take place – through re-enactment* —  of the firefights of September 12-18, 1944. The narrative on the site of the clashes between Americans and Germans is enriched by pyrotechnic effects and scenography reconstructed starting from detailed historical research.

We look forward to seeing you on 31 August and 1 September 2024 at the Giogo Pass!

* As re-enactment we mean historical re-enactment for educational and entertainment purposes in which history enthusiasts and volunteers wear uniforms and costumes recreating a specific event linked to a fact that actually happened. The intent is philological; that is, to recreate the events by researching the equipment, uniforms, weapons used and installations used during the re-enactment.

What you can see:

By |2024-05-22T11:25:15+02:0022 May 2024|News eng|0 Comments

Who we are

THE MUGOT

MuGot – Museo Gotica Toscana – was founded in 2011 to preserve the memory of the battles that pitted the German army against the Allies in the Apennine territories north of Florence in September 1944. In those days, the areas flanking the Giogo Pass were the theater of furious attacks launched against the Gothic Line by the Allies, intent on breaking through the last fortified defense line set up by the German army in Italy south of the Po Valley.

The museum, located in the locality of Ponzalla at Scarperia, consists of about 400 square meters of exhibition space, with materials arranged in four large rooms in 27 showcases. Objects, mannequins of soldiers and reconstructions of the defensive positions of the Gothic Line make up the permanent exhibits, which are the fruit both of the collection of the members of Gotica Toscana APS and of discoveries on the battlefield. Donations by veterans and their families are also part of our exhibits. MuGot makes it possible
to visitors, scholars and schoolchildren, to see first-hand restored field installations and many museum exhibits related to the Second World War, bearing witness to those fierce battles.

On Route 503 leading to the Giogo Pass there are also monuments commemorating the Allied soldiers who sacrificed their lives fighting for freedom.

On Mount Altuzzo – near the Giogo Pass, about 6 km from Mugot – and on the Monticelli hill-mass, pillboxes and trenches have been researched and excavated by Gotica Toscana APS to get them back to their original wartime form. They bear physical witness to the battles that took place on the Apennine spurs between 13 and 18 September 1944.

Making these testimonies known in order to bring reflection and awareness of those war times is the aim of MuGot and the volunteers of Gotica Toscana APS, who are the proud custodians of this historical heritage.

The story told by MuGot is dramatic and exciting at the same time: it is the story of our Freedom.

Visit us!

Località Ponzalla, 47
50038 Scarperia e San Piero
FIRENZE

phone: +39 3331968080

email: info@museogotica.it

Opening Time
Wednesday: 9:30 / 13:30
Friday: 9:30 / 13:30
Saturday:  9:30-12:30 / 14:00-18:30
Sunday:  9:30-12:30 / 14:00-18:30

Book your visit!

By |2024-04-07T13:42:09+02:0026 March 2024|Senza categoria|0 Comments

Our stories

The choice of Franco Toccafondi…

Leonard come back home …

A paratrooper from Umbria to Giogo Pass …

The random finding of the young Baldes

From Sicily to USA and back of an italian helmet …

The fallen will be forever young …

Come and listen to the full stories at the museum!

Visit us!

Località Ponzalla, 47
50038 Scarperia e San Piero
FIRENZE

phone: +39 3331968080

email: info@museogotica.it

Opening Time
Saturday:  9:30-12:30 / 14:00-18:30
Sunday:  9:30-12:30 / 14:00-18:30

Book your visit!

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Contact us

Visit us!

Località Ponzalla, 47
50038 Scarperia e San Piero
FIRENZE

phone: +39 3331968080

email: info@museogotica.it

Opening Time
Wednesday: 9:30 / 13:30
Friday: 9:30 / 13:30
Saturday:  9:30-12:30 / 14:00-18:30
Sunday:  9:30-12:30 / 14:00-18:30

Book your visit!

By |2024-04-07T13:40:05+02:0013 March 2024|Senza categoria|0 Comments

The monuments

At MuGot and on the road leading to the Giogo Pass are three important monuments commemorating acts of heroism and the Allied casualties during the battles of September 1944.

Monument to the Allied Fighters at the Giogo Pass

Monument to the fallen soldiers of the 363rd Infantry Regiment

Stone in memory of the breakthrough of the Gothic Line at Monte Altuzzo

German cemetery at the Futa Pass

The monuments …

By |2024-04-06T12:18:11+02:0013 March 2024|Percorso Espositivo Eng|0 Comments

Battlefield

On the battlefield, at the Giogo pass, some German defense positions have been restored. They were part of the Gothic Line defense system. It is also possible to find the remains of American foxholes in the surrounding woods.

An experience that takes us back in time!

Summit of Monte Altuzzo

Mount Altuzzo/Ramapiana

Peabody Peak

Monticelli pillboxes

The pillboxes and the battlefield

By |2024-04-06T12:16:04+02:0013 March 2024|Percorso Espositivo Eng|0 Comments

The Museum

The MuGot, in the locality of Ponzalla at Scarperia, consists of four large rooms; 27 showcases contain materials whose provenance varies from excavations in the battle areas to donations from veterans and their families.
Permanent displays, uniforms, weapons, objects, project the visitor into those days in September 1944.

Days when our homeland was hit by the storm of the Second World War.

350 square metres of exhibition space

2547 historical exhibits

3 dioramas

15 mannequins

6 environmental reconstructions

The collection …

By |2024-04-06T12:14:55+02:0011 March 2024|Percorso Espositivo Eng|0 Comments
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