Train Journey: the history of Italy in the 120 years of the State Railways

Guided tour for adults
Sunday, November 16 and December 14, 2025, January 11, 2026, 11:00 AM 
Zanardelli hall at Vittoriano

A multidisciplinary narrative spanning literature, visual arts, and cinema, which allows participants to reconstruct the history of Italy from 1861 to the present day in parallel with the development of Italian railways. Trains, stations, and everyday objects become part of a continuously changing collective imagination, protagonists of the journey and its symbolic value, looking from the past toward the future. The guided tour is an intense and immersive experience, an encounter with works by authors fundamental to understanding the transition between modernity and contemporary times.

LOCATION: Vittoriano, Zanardelli hall - Entrance toVittoriano, Ara Coeli side

Information and Reservations

This tour costs 5€. 
This fee is in addition to the cost of your VIVE entrance ticket.
To secure your spot on the tour, make sure to book and buy your ticket at least 2 days in advance by clicking here
It is necessary to arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of the visit at the designated meeting point.
For inquiries, please contact the educational team by sending an email to: vi-ve.edu@cultura.gov.it.

The tour will be conducted in Italian.