Rome's Vittoriano Hosts Major Exhibition on Italy's Railway History

A major exhibition titled 'Le ferrovie d’Italia (1861-2025)' opens at the Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia in Rome, tracing over 160 years of Italian railway history. Organized by VIVE – Vittoriano e Palazzo Venezia in collaboration with the FS Italiane Group, the show is curated by Edith Gabrielli, General Director of VIVE, and presented alongside FS Group President Tommaso Tanzilli. Running until January 11, 2026, the interdisciplinary exhibition spans four chronological sections from 1861 to the present, covering technical progress, political and economic dynamics, social and anthropological changes, and artistic representations of trains in painting, photography, cinema, and literature. The display features immersive digital technology in the Sala Zanardelli and monumental scale models of the Settebello and Arlecchino trains in the Giardino Grande. A catalog published by Silvana Editoriale accompanies the exhibition.