Ricerc@Sapienza

In the bowels of Monte Soratte, located a few kilometres north of Rome, there is one of the most significant
examples of military engineering in Italy. In this place, in a strategic and dominant position over the Tiber valley, on the edge of the town of Sant'Oreste, a vast underground structure was built, in 1937 and at the behest of Mussolini, officially to accommodate a Breda Factory, the Officine protette, but in reality, most likely, to ensure, to the highest offices of the State and the Italian Army, security in the event of an enemy attack.

In 1967, during the Cold War, the Italian Government, according to the indications given by NATO, decided to
provide the nation with a site that could ensure the security of documents and people with high command task in
the event of a nuclear attack. The antiatomic bunker was created as a refurbishment of the tunnels secretly built
in Monte Soratte, a few kilometres north of Rome, between 1937 and 1943, to ensure a safe haven for the Italian
Government in case of enemy offensive. After the Allied bombing of Frascati, the underground structure was