Free entry to the football museum's Sfumature di Azzurro exhibition in Cesena
For the Under-21 side's game with Latvia (Friday 22 March at the stadio Dino Manuzzi), the exhibition will be held at the Palazzo Comunale from Wednesday 20 to Friday 22 March, before moving to Ferrara on Sunday 24 to Tuesday 26 ahead of Italy vs. TurkeyThursday, March 14, 2024
Sfumature di Azzurro, the Football Museum's travelling exhibition, will next stop in Cesena and Ferrara. Ahead of the Under-21 national team's games in Emilia-Romagna against Latvia and Turkey on Friday 22 and Tuesday 26 March, the exhibition will be held in the two cities that will host 2025 European Championship qualifying matches for Carmine Nunziata's side.
In Cesena, it can be visited at the Palazzo Comunale (Piazza del Popolo, 10), with free entry, from Wednesday 20 to Friday 22 March and it will be open from 8:00 until 13:30 CET. On Thursday 21, however, you can access the exhibition from 8:00 until 17:00 CET. At the Palazzo Municipale in Ferrara, the exhibition will be open from Sunday 24 to Tuesday 26.
The Sfumature di Azzurro exhibition tells the history and triumphs of the men's senior national team, as well as those of the Italian youth and Olympic national teams thanks to a selection of memorabilia from the museum's collection in Coverciano.
From the 1968 European triumph, through Sandro Salvadore's shirt, to the success of EURO 2020 and the trophy lifted at Wembley, the exhibition retraces Azzurri history from the post-war period to the present day. Also celebrated are the 1982 and 2006 World Cup triumphs, with Fulvio Collovati's shirt from Spain '82 and the ball from the 2006 Berlin final on display.
The exhibition also seens a section dedicated to the Italian youth national teams with some unique pieces, such as the green jersey of the junior national team used in the 1950s, the European cup won by Cesare Maldini's Azzurrini in 1996 and Giorgio Chiellini's captain's armband worn in the game that opened the “new” Wembley in 2007.
Finally, there is also a section for the Olympic national team, with the gold medal awarded by Italy in 1936 in Berlin and some precious memories from the Games in Rome in 1960 and Barcelona in 1992.