Stories

Il Risorgimento like you've never seen it before.

No tickets or opening hours are needed to be inspired by history. This section is dedicated to those who want to discover the Museum through the lens of storytelling: articles, curiosities, insights, and little-known stories about the protagonists, objects, and events that shaped Italy.

Giuseppe Verdi Portrait National Museum Risorgimento Italian

Why the Nabucco Chorus has become the symbol of the Risorgimento?

Silvio Pellico and Piero Maroncelli escorted by soldiers towards the Spielberg prison, oil on canvas from 1938 by CF Biscarra, copy by A. Scibaldi.

Voices in the Shadows: What are secret societies? Risorgimento?

Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso National Museum Risorgimento Italian

The Princess Who Brandished the Flag

T. van Elven, Opening session (1860): crowded room with representatives of Lombardy, Tuscany, Emilia and Romagna — oil on canvas, R0003672, Room 21, National Museum of Risorgimento Italian, Turin.

The painter who stole the perfect moment of Risorgimento

Subalpine Parliament: loggia and decorations under the dome, Palazzo Carignano, National Museum of the Risorgimento Italian, Turin.

Enter where Italy found its voice