Museo della Resistenza e della Vita Sociale “Giovambattista Lazagna”

The Museo della Resistenza e della Vita Sociale “Giovambattista Lazagna” (Giovambattista Lazagna Museum of Resistance and Social Life) in the town of Rocchetta Ligure presents the history of local resistance to German and fascist occupation in the Borbera Valley (Val Borbera) from 1943 to 1945.  

The museum is located within the Spinola Palace, Rocchetta Ligure’s city hall. The building dates from the seventeenth century and also houses a local documentation center – in addition to serving as an archive Rocchetta Ligure, this includes additional written, photographic, and audio records on 1943-1945 resistance in the Borbera and Curone Valleys. The museum was named for Giovambattista “Carlo” Lazagna (1923-2003), a partisan who served in the Italian Communist Party’s Garibaldi Brigades and fought in the Borbera Valley, following his death in 2003.