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Explore the Gothic Line with our Battlefield Tours.
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The Second World War: Stories and Research

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OUR MUSEUM

Experience the Battle → Military Objects and Original Artifacts

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Battlefield Tour on the Sites of Memory

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Conferences and Events (such as A Dive into History ®).

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BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

GTE editions and reviews of military history readings.

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Latest news

An elderly man and his son embrace among the headstones of the South African war cemetery at Castiglione dei Pepoli
Più di ottant’anni dopo. Alfred sulla tomba del padre a Castiglione dei Pepoli
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A 88 anni Alfred è venuto in Italia con il figlio Kevin per vedere per la prima volta la tomba del padre, il signaller sudafricano Gert Stephanus van der Merwe Botha, morto il 30 settembre 1944 e sepolto nel Castiglione South African Cemetery. Gotica Toscana li ha accompagnati al cimitero e sui luoghi delle battaglie d’autunno sull’Appennino bolognese.

Fotografia storica di un soldato della Wehrmacht con fucile, in un sito di sepoltura, in bianco e nero, con dettagli storici e militari.
The Burial of a Wehrmacht Soldier: From the Archives to the Battlefield
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Research in the Wehrmacht archives led to the trail of a German soldier of the 715th Infantry Division, killed in the fighting on the Gothic Line and buried where he fell by one of his own officers. After the research was presented at the MuGot, members of Gotica Toscana checked maps, documents and terrain, locating the German strongpoint but not yet the grave. The research continues, and the soldier's story will be told soon.

An Important Donation Enriches the MuGot Collections
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A significant private donation enriches MuGot’s collections with new weapons and artifacts from the Second World War. The items will be studied, catalogued and incorporated into the museum displays, helping to tell the story of the Gothic Line through the material evidence of the conflict.