Rovereto Castle

Dated back to 1300, the castle had been modified by Venetians but still keeps its original medieval aspect. After many years of restorations, the castle houses the Italian Historical War Museum, open to the public.

The Rovereto Castle rises on a hill that dominates the ancient core of the city of Rovereto. It was built by the Castelbarcos in the XIV century on a pre-existent fort, to control the valley beneath. The castle was then rebuilt by the Venetian Republic only for military purposes in the XVI century. To this latest is due the current aspect of the castle and the walk with the cannons and the towers. It has in fact been designed by well-known architects in the period of the revolution of the war firearms.

Rovereto town council is proprietor of the castle and has organized the Italian Historical War Museum, one of the most important in Italy. Founded in 1921, the Museum collects hundreds of relics, pictures and evidences. Many rooms are dedicated to the battles and the soldiers that fought; the museum keeps also common object that helped soldiers to survive.

Tickets

full price: € 10,00 (visitors aged 18 and over)
reduced price: € 7,00 Groups with at least 10 paying adults, military personnel and police (on presentation of badge), members of affiliated organisations, visitors showing the leaflet “Museums and the Great War in Trentino” with the stamp of another museum of the Trentino Great War Network
reduced: € 2,00 Children and young people from 6 to 17 years of age, free visiting classes
free of charge: Children and young people up to the age of 17 (with accompanying adults), disabled visitors and their carers, ANMIC members with card, visitors with Trentino Guest Card and Museum Pass, military personnel and police on duty, members of the Museo della Guerra, members of the Cassa Rurale di Rovereto with I’mart card signatories accompanying classes (2 per class), a group leader for each group, accredited journalists (to be accredited write to comunicazione@museodellaguerra.it at least two days before the visit), MIBAC officials and the Department of Culture of the Autonomous Province of Trento, civil service workers (show your card)
Family rate: Adults pay full price, all minors in the same household get in free of charge. With the Euregio Family Pass the family nucleus consisting of 1 or 2 adults and minor children gets in at the cost of a single reduced ticket.
Guided tour: 3 € in addition to the ticket price

Opening times

From Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (last admission at 5 p.m.).

Closed on 24th, 25th, 31st December, January 1st.

Special openings: Monday 7 – 17 – 21 August.

How to get there

ON FOOT: from Piazza Podestà go down Via della Terra and then Via Castelbarco (3 minutes). From Piazza Rosmini go down Via Orefici, then Via Rialto, Via della Terra and finally Via Castelbarco (10 minutes).

BY CAR: there are some indoor car parks a few minutes from the castle (in Via Lungo Leno Sinistro, Viale dei Colli and Via Manzoni), as well as outdoor car parks (Piazzale Achille Leoni). In Via delle Fosse there are some pay car parks.

BY COACH: Parking is only permitted in Piazza Podestà for loading and unloading. There are coach spaces in Via Lungo Leno Sinistro, Piazzale Achille Leoni and at the sports stadium.