Garibaldi's Wars of Liberation 28mm range coming soon from Gringo40s

[Shipka]

Whats next for the range Ged?

[gringo]

got a few options and figures im working on Geoff
all will be revealed soon!

cheers
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

[gringo]

more Papal State forces sent to Griffin
all will be revealed soon

cheers
Ged
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[malto cortese]

Just spent the morning visiting this little museum http://www.museodellarepubblicaromana.it/ It has a fantastic 15mm diorama of the battle for Porta San Pancrazio with hundreds of figures (on a 1/2 scale...) Highly recommended, if you are in Rome it is definitely worth a visit

[gringo]

thanks for posting Malto Museum looks fascinating

cheers
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

[malto cortese]

thanks for posting Malto Museum looks fascinating

cheers
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

Ged, I was at a conference at the American Academy which is just next to it, and they hosted me at this fantastic place which is now Villa Aurelia and was Villa Savorelli at the time of the Repubblica romana. It hosted Garibaldi's HQ during the siege so I might have slept in his room!

The whole area is a must for a Garibadini fan. Statues of the General and Anita, the museum, etc. Even the little bar across the street had a number of garibaldini memorabilia!

[gringo]

Malto

guess where my next stop in Italy will be
sounds like 1860 heaven...

were there any pamplets? books etc..
were you allowed to take photos
quite strict in the Museums so I guess not

regards
Ged
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[malto cortese]

Malto

guess where my next stop in Italy will be
sounds like 1860 heaven...

were there any pamplets? books etc..
were you allowed to take photos
quite strict in the Museums so I guess not

regards
Ged
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The Museum is not that big, you can see it comfortably in about one hour even by reading carefully all the captions under the uniforms (there is even one pistol form the American was of independence, belonging to one of the Garibaldini officers!) and watching the two videos - one tells the story of Ciceruacchio and the other the story of the siege and the main battles - with lights and arrows on a vast map. And the view from the Gianicolo hill is spectacular. I only took some photos of the Villa and the view, unfortunately - not of the museum.

The bookstore is small and somewhat disappointing. It has some books on some relatively connected topics, but you would expect a full bookshelf on the Roman republic - instead you find a volume on Ricciotti Garibaldi, another one on the general history of the Risorgimento, and so on. Very odd. But the diorama of the siege is great  and a wargamer's delight, which is not a surprise as one of its authors is Ugo Barlozzetti, a long time wargamer and  animator of the wargame scene in Florence

[gringo]

Malto

thanks for the heads up on the Museum
is there a giant directory of all the Museums
?
as you know a lot of Italian towns have some
sort of Museum/ statue / famous house

that would be great....I believe Milan is a hot
spot for the period

cheers
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

ps two New 1860 "types" to be added soonish

[malto cortese]

Malto

thanks for the heads up on the Museum
is there a giant directory of all the Museums
?
as you know a lot of Italian towns have some
sort of Museum/ statue / famous house

that would be great....I believe Milan is a hot
spot for the period

cheers
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

ps two New 1860 "types" to be added soonish

do you mean museums about the Risorgimento or more specifically Garibaldi?

[malto cortese]

and of course you know about this... the mother of all museums.. 

http://www.risorgimento.it/index.php?section=museo

[gringo]

Malto

in answer to your question...both my friend

no I didn't know about this fab Museum...only

vaguely!! >:(grazie millie )

cheers
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

[malto cortese]

http://www.museorisorgimentotorino.it/index.php

And this one of course...

I do not know about a general guide but I just googled Museo Garibaldi and I got a nice map with all sorts of little red spots - some of which are totally irrelevant but about ten or so are related to our guys - in MIlan, in Mentana (of course), in Caprera (of course again..)

[gringo]

Malto

excellent.....much obliged
I have plenty of choice now

best regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

[Romark]

Less chat more pictures of your minis please