Right: Hitler in Rome
Left: Rome, Pantheon
The Pantheon
Piazza della Rotonda
Hitler visited the Pantheon on the 4th of May, 1938.
Mussolini’s car arriving at the Palazzo del Quirinale
Pages from Heinrich Hofmann’s book: Hitler in Italy
Palazzo del Quirinale (Quirinal Palace)
Via 20 Settembre/ Via del Quirinale
Today: residence and working place of Italian presidents
The king of Italy held a banquet in the Quirinal that Hitler attended on the 4th of Mai 1938.
Napoli
Battleship Conte di Cavour
Hitler, Mussolini, the king and his son got on board of the battleship Conte di Cavour in Napels to watch militairy exercises.
Capitol
Capitol Hill, behind Piazza Venezia on the Piazza Campidoglio
Hitler was invited in the Capitol on one of the afternoons he was in Italy.
Civitavecchia
On the coast, northwest of Rome
Hitler attended another military exersice along the coast of Citavecchia.
Florence
On the last day of his trip to Italy (May, 9) Hitler visited Florence.
Adolf Hitler visited Italy in 1938 for a week, between 3 qnd 10 May. He travelled to Rome by train. In Rome, the king of Italy and Mussolini picked him up at the station. By car they went to the Palazzo Quirinale, were a meeting was arranged. Than they drove in an open car through the city. There was a military parade that Hitler attended and they layed a garland at La Piaza. On the second day there was another miltary parade on the Via del Fori Imperiali.
Train station Rome
Hitler arrives at the station in Rome, were the Italian king and Mussolini are waiting for him.
Open car drive through the city
Hitler was offered a city tour in an open car. They started at the Palazo del Quirinale and went to the Circo Massiomo (between Via del Cico Massimo and Via Del Cerchi), Viale Africa, Porta San Paolo (end of Viale Marco Polo), Porta Capena (opposite to the Circo Massimo), La Piazza (Viale Aventino), Monumento Nazionale a Vittoria Emanuele II, the Capitole (behind Piazza Venezia at the Piazza Campidoglio) and the Pantheon (Piazza della Rotonda).
Monumento Nationale a Vittorio Emanuele II
Between Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill
This monument had a tomb for the unknown soldier after WW1. Hitler layed a garland there.
Hitlers Sonderzug arriving in Rome. Mussolini and the king are there to welcome him
Left: Hitler leaving the Palazo del Quirinale Middle and Right: the open car somewhere in Rome
Left: the monument Middle: Mussolini and Hitler arriving at the monument Right: Hitler layes a garland
Palazzo Venezia
Location: Piazza Venezia
Today: art museum
The picture below shows Hitler and Mussolini on a balcony. It’s probably the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia. Mussolini used rooms of the Pallazzo as offices and he used to address large crowds from it’s balcony. There was a large crowd outside cheering at Hitler and Mussolini on that day too.
Left: Hitler and Mussolini on the balcony Centre: the Palazzo Venezia Right: the Palazzo Venezia, with in the centre of the picture Mussolini’s balcony
Venice
Exact location: not sure yet
On 14 and 15 June 1934 Hitler and Mussolini met eachother in Venice, Italy.
Hitler meets Mussolini in 1943
Exact location: unknown
On July 19, 1943 Hitler and Mussolini meet in a place called Feltre.
Hitler and Mussolini in Feltre
