Casa della Resistenza
Headquarters of the Associazione Casa della Resistenza in Fondotoce, with the Parco della Memoria e della Pace, the Wall of the Fallen, a library and a documentation centre.
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About the museum
The Casa della Resistenza stands at Fondotoce, a hamlet of Verbania, beside the place where, on 20 June 1944, forty-three partisans captured during the round-ups in the Val Grande were shot by Nazi-Fascist units. Carlo Suzzi, known as “Quarantatré” (Forty-three), managed to survive. After the Liberation the site became a symbol of the memory of the Resistance in the Verbano Cusio Ossola.
In 1997 the Resistance organisations, the representatives of political deportees, military internees and the Jewish communities, together with the Istituto storico della Resistenza “Piero Fornara” (Piero Fornara Historical Institute of the Resistance), set up an association to manage the Casa and the monumental area in which it stands. The association carries out research and public education, welcomes school classes, individual visitors and groups, and offers routes along the partisan trails.
The Casa stands in a park of 16,000 square metres, the Parco della Memoria e della Pace (Park of Memory and Peace), which includes a monumental area: the tall cross, the Wall inaugurated in 1964 with more than 1,200 names of the fallen, the urn with ashes from Mauthausen, and various monuments dedicated to women, military internees, Georgian partisans and the Jewish victims of Lake Maggiore. The former Ossolana building, renovated between 2008 and 2009, serves as a detached branch with a store, workshop and archive. The association also runs a library and a documentation centre with a photographic archive.
Key themes
- Park of Memory and Peace of 16,000 square metres
- Wall of Memory with more than 1,200 names of fallen partisans
- Tall cross and urn with ashes from Mauthausen
- Monuments to women, military internees and the Jewish victims of Lake Maggiore
- Library and documentation centre on the Resistance
- Guided tours and educational routes
Permanent exhibition
- Parco della Memoria e della Pace – Outdoor monumental area dedicated to the Resistance, with the Wall of the Fallen, the tall cross, the urn with ashes from Mauthausen and monuments to women, internees and the Jewish victims of Lake Maggiore.
- Operated by
- Associazione Casa della Resistenza ETS
Admission & discounts
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Accessibility
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Kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
The association offers schools of all levels lessons, workshops and civic education courses, free of charge for schools.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Stazione di Verbania Pallanza · 1 km
By train: Milan–Domodossola line, Verbania Pallanza station, about 1 km from the Casa. By bus: lines to Verbania operated by VCO Trasporti, Autoservizi Nerini and Autoservizi Comazzi.
By car
Parking available
The Casa's car park has only 20 parking spaces. A large car and coach park is located near the former Ossolana building, a few minutes' walk from the Casa.
By car: A26 motorway Genova Voltri–Gravellona Toce, exit Stresa (towards Feriolo) or Gravellona Toce, then towards Verbania; at the Fondotoce roundabout, towards Mergozzo. Alternatively, the SS 33–34 Sempione road.
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 1.5 hrs |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours last about an hour and a half and require an agreed booking, by telephone on 0323 586802 or by writing to didattica@casadellaresistenza.it. Groups of up to 30–35 students are possible, with two groups at the same time. The online calendar of availability is indicative; confirmation is given by telephone only. |
