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Fondazione FS Italiane: an extensive journey<br />
through our country’s railway history<br />
The Foundation comprises historical archives brimming<br />
with illustrations and filmed images, an extensive library,<br />
the National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa, over <strong>20</strong>0<br />
heritage pieces of rolling stock (railcars, steam engines,<br />
period carriages, electric engines etc.) and 600 kilometers<br />
of once abandoned tracks recouped for cultural tourism.<br />
Fondazione FS Italiane safeguards the written, visual<br />
and technical heritage of Ferrovie dello Stato and those<br />
and videos; a vast historical collection which has been<br />
documented and catalogued and which is undergoing<br />
the lengthy process of being digitalised so an ever-wider<br />
public can be privy to these original sources of our<br />
country’s past. A large portion of this material can already<br />
be accessed through our archive-dedicated website<br />
www.archiviofondazionefs.it and the library catalogue<br />
can be consulted at www.fondazionefs.it.<br />
Aerial view of the National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa complex.<br />
companies that managed the network prior to 1905.<br />
It is a rich source of documents, images and vehicles<br />
depicting the evolution of the network and rolling stock<br />
in Italy from the mid 1800s onwards and offers an<br />
overview of our country’s history.<br />
The Foundation’s headquarters are located in Villa<br />
Patrizi in Rome, as are the larger of its libraries and<br />
historical archives. Books, original drawings of stations,<br />
plants, engines and vehicles which have made Italian<br />
railway history are stored here alongside period films<br />
In addition to the conservation of historical sources,<br />
the Foundation also operates in tourism through its<br />
“Binari Senza Tempo” project: comprising almost 600<br />
Km of track repurposed to encourage a new way of<br />
experiencing tourism, exploring history and landscapes<br />
using a fully ecologically sustainable mode of transport.<br />
Our itineraries include: Palazzolo sull’Oglio-Partico<br />
Sarnico (Ferrovie del Lago), Asciano-Monte Antico<br />
(Ferrovia della Val d’Orcia), Sulmona-Carpinone<br />
(Ferrovia del Parco), Agrigento-Porto Empedocle
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