Things to do in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy: The Best Military Museums

The purpose of this museum of First World is to represent the war events and their human and social influences. After an introduction on the First World War, attention is focused on the events on the War front along the Isonzo: besides the weapons and arms there are also objects related to the daily life of the soldiers and a real life reconstruction of a trench. Then there is the documentation of the situation in Gorizia, a real "trenchtown" and the description of the 1917 and 1918 events, until the armistice between Italy and Austria on the 3rd of November. The First World War museum includes an area dedicated to General Armando Diaz, with an exhibition of documents, medals and other objects.

Section of the museum devoted to the First World War , where you can estimare eleven information panels illustrated , the large model ( 2m x 3m ) which reproduces the scene of clashes of Ragogna, original finds. All exposed in language Italian and German .

Little Museum realized in an old abandoned barrack, dedicated to the Cold War, with a special focus on the history of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, between 1945 and 1991: It shows uniforms, photographs, papers and memorabilia of the period. One section is dedicated to the "Cividale" Alpini Battallion, who stationed in the barracks until 1995.

Born in 1888, it is one of the most important Maritime Museum of the Mediterranean area. Along with vessels and cruisers, there are some historical ships such as the “zoppolo Lisa”, one of the two zoppolo preserved in the world. Zoppolo is an ancient Mediterranean ship, derived from the excavation of a single large trunk. Remarkable are the inventor rooms, with the prototype of the ship propeller invented in Trieste by Joseph Ressel and the original wireless key of Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of the wireless telegraph, the first instrument in human history able to transmit information across the air. One room is then dedicated to ancient nautical instruments. Other sections are dedicated to the origin of steam ships and to the history of Trieste Olympic rowing and sailing tradition. The final rooms are dedicated to fishing, with boats, tools and models related to the various fishing methods used in the Adriatic Sea.