Predappio urban museum

Predappio, a fortified town built between 1925 and 1942 at the behest of Mussolini who entrusted the most important architects of the time with its contruction, is like an open-air museum which welcomes tourists all year round. The Urban Museum of Predappio is designed to give visitors the opportunity to explore the most important architectural buildings through a signposted tour.

Address: Piazza S. Antonio, 3, 47016 Predappio (FC), Italia
Telephone number: +39.0543.927138
Fax: +39.0543.923417
Sito WEB: http://www.comune.predappio.fc.it

Opening period

All year round

How to get there

Piazza Garibaldi, located in the centre of the town, is the best starting point for visitors seeking to explore the urban setting of Predappio and its most important buildings. The itineraries are marked with information giving the tourists detailed information and photos of the buildings and squares they are visiting. Visitors can also receive brochures and leaflets at the tourist information office or at the town hall.

Further Information

The tour guiding through Predappio urban museum has been designed in order to include a strategic point, Piazza Garibaldi, where the visitor can receive all the general information about the visit.
Visitors are therefore recommended to start the tour at Piazza Garibaldi, where is located the tourist information office giving details about the beginning and the development of the whole tour.

The urban setting of Predappio is an open-air museum which welcomes visitors all year round

What you can see

A visit to Museo Urbano
Suggested itinerary
Starting the tour from Piazza Garibaldi, it is possible to visit all the buildings and squares listed below:
1) Victuals Market (Piazza Garibaldi - designed by F. Di Fausto, 1928-1930)
2) Mussolini's native house, possibility to visit the inside.
3) Park around Rocca delle Caminate castle (planned by L. Corsini, S. Baccarini, 1924-1927), It is possible to visit it only during special occasions.
4) S. Rosa Kindergarten and Oratory (Via Roma - planned by F. Di Fausto, 1925-1928), open to the public.
5) Becker House (Via Roma - planned by F. Di Fausto, 1925-1926),
6) Credito Romagnolo Building (Via G. E. Matteotti - planned by Pier Luigi Reggiani, U.T. Credito Romagnolo, 1927-1928), open to the public
7) Palazzo Caproni
8) A. Zoli Primary School (Via G. Matteotti – on a design by Florestano di Fausto, 1925-1927), oopen to the public
9) Post and Telegraph Building(Via G. Matteotti - planned by F. Di Fausto, 1925-1926), open to the public.
10) Case economiche (Via G. Matteotti - planned by F. Di Fausto, 1926-1927), not open to the public.
11) Case ultraeconomiche (Via G. Marconi - planned by P. Brasile, U.T. Forlì Engineer Corps, 1928-1935), it is possible to visit just the outside.
12) Carabinieri Barracks (Via G. Matteotti - designed by U.T. Forlì Engineer Corps, 1926-1942 )
13) Former G.I.L. House (Via IV Novembre - planned by C. Valle, 1937)
14) Gymnasium (Via IV Novembre - planned by F. Di Fausto, C. Bazzani, 1932,1934)
15) I.N.A. Appennino Hotel Building (Via G. Matteotti - planned by I.N.A. Technical Office, 1937-1938)
16) Former House of the Fasces and of the Hospitality (Via G. Matteotti, Via G. Zoli - planned by A. Fuzzi, 1934-1937), it is possible to visit only the outside.
17) Palazzo Sanitari (Former sanatorium for consumptives - Piazza S. Antonio - planned by F. Di Fausto, 1929-1931)
18) S. Antonio church (Piazza S. Antonio - designed by C. Bazzani, 1929-1938), open to the public.
19) The staircase leading to Varano Palace (Piazza S. Antonio, Via G. Zoli - planned by F. Di Fausto, 1929), open to the public
20) Palazzo Varano (Piazza S. Antonio - planned by F. Di Fausto, 1926-1927), open to the public.
21) Former aircraft airforce Caproni (Strada Provinciale n. 47 - Predappio Alta. 1933-1941), it is possible to visit only the outside.
22) “Opera S. Camillo ex Villa Castelli" hospital (Viale della Libertà - planned by E. De Angeli, 1940-1941)
23) S. Cassiano in Pennino cemetery
(Rabbi Provincial Road - planned by F. Di Fausto, C. Bazzani, 1928-1933), open to the public.