Information for visiting the site of former POW 107 camp
PERMANENT EXHIBITION Campo PG 107 – Villaggio Roma
POW camp no. 107 was built in 1942 and was used for this purpose until the armistice in 1943. After the armistice the camp was decommissioned, but was immediately converted into a workers’ village under the name Villaggio Roma.
There are no material remains of the camp: the barracks, inhabited by SNIA Viscosa farm workers until the 1970s, were completely demolished and replaced with new council houses. Only the village church still retains a part built in 1942. To make up for this lack and to welcome the descendants of former prisoners who sometimes come to visit the site, a permanent exhibition dedicated to the camp and its transformation after the war has been set up in the former primary school building. The texts and documents on display are in Italian, but the exhibition is accompanied by an audio-guided explanation in English that you can listen to on your mobile phone.
To visit the exhibition or for any other information on camp 107, write to protorviscosa@gmail.com or send an SMS or whatsapp message to +39 371 5682496. If you can let us know a few days in advance, we will be happy to accompany you. If, on the other hand, you are already at Villaggio Roma, we will still do our best to help you.
Other resources
DIGITAL EXHIBITION POW camp No. 107: essential information, documents and bibliographical and archival references. It is always being updated. If you have information or documents of interest for the history of 107 and the prisoners who were interned there, please send them to us!
PUBLICATION Escape from the camp. Prisoners of war at camp 107 in Torviscosa, downloadable pdf
AUDIO GUIDE
- Exhibition Campo PG 107 – Villaggio Roma
Languages: English, Italian
Start of the trail: entrance to the former primary school building - Escape from the camp
Languages: English, Italian
Route on foot only: from the gate of the former primary school building towards the village of Porpetto, on the route of one of the escape routes followed by the prisoners when they left the camp after the armistice of 8 September 1943. Total round trip: km x - Torviscosa
Languages: Italian, English, German
The historic centre of Torviscosa was built by a large Italian company starting in 1937. The town is therefore a company town, but also has the characteristic architecture of towns built during the fascist regime.
Go to the audio guide
NOTE: the audio guides are geolocalised. For automatic audio playback while walking you need to download the iziTRAVEL app from AppStore or Google Play.
If you prefer to listen to the audio guides directly from the web (even from home, without the app), you will have to select the individual resources yourself, but don’t worry: it’s very easy!