Particular museums

The former Colonna railway station is situated along the line disused in 1983 that connected Rome to Fiuggi, an important city famous for water and spas. This museum was set up by the Foundation for Railway within the premises dedicated to travellers and the warehouse.

Outside, in the square and along a stretch alongside the tracks, you can see the locomotives of "historical value" such as the locomotive "4" of 1916, the electromotive "434" of 1921, 1949 and the articulated trainset "801" of 1953. There are also several open and closed wagons.

In addition to the trains of the Rome-Fiuggi line, some of railway stock of the Roma-Viterbo and Rome-Lido lines of '20s-'30s were brought here.

The Museum of the Legio II Parthica is dedicated to the Legio II Patrhica created by the emperor Septimius Severus (Settimio Severo) in 196 A.D. to fight the Parthians, the ancient Persians.

In 202 the headquarters of the Legio II was established in Albano Laziale.

This choice represented an exception to the general rule that the legions were stationed at the borders of the empire, but this legion had special military skills and comprised Emperor Guard Personnel.

The museum is located in the area where Caracalla, son and successor of Septimius Severus, built spas for the legionaries.

The museum begins with a series of faithful reconstructions of equipment and uniforms, the result of practical archaeology.

The Nativity Scene Museum (Museo dei Presepi) is located in the ancient church of Santa Maria and in another building in the inspiring town of Greccio.

It is home to many art forms from all cultures on the theme of the Nativity. The Italian tradition of representation of Nativity every year during Christmas time started in Greccio with St Francis. St Francis spent many years in this area next to Rieti - called Saint Valley - and founded many monasteries.

Next to the museum you can admire a statue of St. Francis, a 5-meter high work of the Sicilian sculptor Santo Paolo Guccione and Reatino (from Rieti) maestro Guido Carlucci.
 

The Museum of Silence is located in a room that was part of the ancient church of Santa Maria in Castello in Fara in Sabina. The room is part of the building of the seventeenth-century Monastery of the Poor Clares Hermits and the museum tells the cloistered life in an original and emotionally touching way .

It is accessed from the outside of the monastery and the room is completely dark.

The display cases are illuminated in small groups in a defined pattern. Some significant topics have been identified in the daily life of the nuns: prayer, silence, the kitchen, the pharmacy, discipline, etc ...

These themes are accompanied by a series of projections on the vaults of the hall that emphasize the function of objects.

The Air Aces Museum in Roccagorga is curated by the retired officer Giuseppe Centra and collects a countless amount of texts, relics and photographs of the first aviators.

The most important piece is the diary of Francesco Baracca, who is considered an hero of the history of Italian aviation.

The journey begins with a permanent exhibition on General Umberto Nobile and follows with message boards the two world wars.

A section is dedicated to the photographic and documentary reconstruction of the aviation accident of 1936, when Savoia Marchetti an Air Force pilot crashed on the centre of the town of Roccagorga due to an engine failure.

In the medieval centre of Maranola of Formia the permanent exhibition of Pinocchio has been set up in olive wood by Franco Viola.

Through the emotions of the story of Collodi they retrace our origins through the evolution of the games, crafts and traditions.

Pinocchio is the excuse for retelling the world of the past and the old crafts that have disappeared with assistance from the legendary puppet.

Cisterna di Latina was an outpost of the Pontine marshes and the home of the 'Butteri', the Italian cowboys'. Butteri are typical cow boys who guided and guarded the herds of Maremma cattle and buffalo. Maremma is the flat land between Lazio and Tuscany regions.

The Museum of the Buttero (cow boy) shows equipment and techniques of the herders that are still alive in the local tradition and are recalled with performances and equestrian events in many towns in Lazio.

Among the stories, remembered is when Buffalo Bill came to these areas and was defeated in a competition by local butteri.
 

The Museum: Memory of World War II in Castelforte is dedicated to the stories of the war's battles in this part of Italy near Monte Cassino Abbey and the Gustav Line (the dilate defence German front line)

The Battle of Castelforte lasted from October 1943 to May 1944: eight months of incessant shelling of land and sea and air strikes that sowed destruction. With the battle of May 11, 1944, finally finished.

The North African formations, the "marrocchini", who were the first into the city, gave themselves to looting and barbaric violence of all sorts.