Housed in a portion of Villa Rossi, a nineteenth-century building immersed in the green hills of Conegliano, which has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site, the Museo dei Carabinieri Reali is the brainchild of veterinary captain Guido Antoniazzi, who in 1930 started an initial collection of memorabilia relating to the Carabinieri Reali.
This work was continued by his son Carlo and now by his grandson Guido, who has perpetuated the family tradition by integrating the collection with relevant acquisitions, taking care of the reorganisation of the entire collection and allowing it to rise to the dignity of a permanent exhibition.
The 60-square-metre exhibition itinerary passes through the Sala delle daghe (Daggers Room) to the Sala dei moschetti (Muskets Room): uniforms and headgear, weapons, relics, documents, medals and various iconographic material narrate, through individual itineraries of sacrifice and valour, the history of the Royal Carabinieri, from the establishment of the Corps in 1814 and retracing the Risorgimento Campaigns, the colonial adventure, the Great War, the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy and the Second World War, up to the birth of the Italian Republic.
The Museum can only be visited by appointment and by free guided tour with groups of a maximum of two people.
