Museo Civico del Risorgimento

The Museo Civico del Risorgimento is located on the ground floor of the Casa Carducci on Piazza Carducci in the center of Bologna. The site was previously occupied by the church of Madonna del Piombo, named after a venerated lead relief, which burned down in 1712. In its place, a fresco oratory was built in 1752; its facade is marked by three round arches with paired central pilasters. After the Napoleonic occupation, the building was deconsecrated. The museum itself opened in 1893 and documents history from the Napoleonic invasions to the end of World War I. The exhibition is divided into five periods, ranging from the Napoleonic era through the Restoration and the Risorgimento to Italian unification and World War I. Here you'll find a library of documents as well as an archive of period objects. Since 1990, the building has also housed the last residence of Nobel laureate Giosuè Carducci. The museum's focus has shifted over the decades; after fascist themes were removed in the 1950s, it now concentrates on the events leading up to World War II.