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The Column of Freedom 2026: 18th Edition

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Program of *La Colonna della Libertà* 2026 (24–26 April): an itinerant reenactment with WWII historic vehicles from Noceto and Parma to the Cisa Pass and on to La Spezia, returning via Borgo Val di Taro. Registration opens at the end of January.

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Il Mugello tra Guerra, Resistenza, Società. La Tesi di Stefania Mencaroni

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A new master’s thesis explores the Mugello between Fascism, the Gothic Line, and the Resistance: battles, partisan brigades, violence against civilians, and sites of memory between the Futa Pass, the Giogo Pass, Monte Altuzzo, and Monte Giovi.

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Daiana Brunetti graduates on the Gothic Line

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The memory of the war in Mugello lives on in the places, stories and traces of the Battle of the Giogo. This is why the thesis of Daiana Brunetti, a graduate in Humanities for Communication at the University of Florence, is a significant contribution: “How is the memory of the past communicated in the places of the Gothic Line? The Case of the Battle of the Giogo.”.

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A son on Mount Altuzzo: Glenn finds his father Helmut again.

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Gotica Toscana participates in Veterans Day at Florence American Cemetery to honor the fallen of the 91st Division and promote the memory of the Italian campaign through MuGot visits, projects and activities.

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A Dive into History 2025: contents and images

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The 2025 edition of A Dive into History brought nearly 200 reenactors to Passo del Giogo. Between commemorative marches, artillery, Monuments Men, and scenes of military life, the event transformed the sites of the Gothic Line into a theater of memory. Guest of honor was actor James Madio, star of Band of Brothers, who shared moments of great humanity with reenactors and the public.

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History speaks. German mess tin with name found on Monticelli

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During work in a bunker on Monticelli, Gotica Toscana discovered a German mess tin engraved with the owner’s name. The object, together with a canteen and cutlery, offers a glimpse into the daily life of German soldiers along the Gothic Line and becomes an opportunity to tell the story of food at the front and the vocabulary of military equipment.

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Easier to navigate. Website reorganized by sections

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The Gotica Toscana website has been reorganized: a homepage with thematic boxes and horizontal menus guiding visitors through the discovery of the Gothic Line, the MuGot, the historical tours, the events, and the publications.

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WWII Battlefield Shuttle Bus: history comes closer

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The Shuttle Bus Service was created with a clear goal: to tell the story of the war on the very sites where it was fought, helping families understand the stories of the soldiers swept up in the events.

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Great job, everyone! Fontrefredda: Another German bunker restored

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The season of excavations and restorations at the German bunker of Fontrefredda has resumed, thanks to the commitment of volunteers and the young people who joined the Gotica Toscana team. Together, they rebuilt trenches, set up interiors, and made a new space of memory accessible.

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A Dive into History 2025: free historical reenactment

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The Gotica Museum in Scarperia received as a donation the telephone and the reel used in the Vasari Corridor to coordinate the Florence uprising in 1944. A gesture of remembrance from the daughter of traffic officer Erio Breri, a protagonist of the Resistance. The article also retraces the mystery of the Germans’ failure to destroy the Ponte Vecchio.

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