El bunker de mussolini biography

In June 1940, Italian troops invaded the French Alps, marking the country’s entry into World War II.

Behind the scenes, crews began building underground shelters to protect the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and his family.

Now, 84 years later, the bunkers beneath Villa Torlonia, Mussolini’s home in Rome, have reopened to the public.

Mussolini summer house

Visitors can book 50-minute guided tours of the subterranean complex, which features an immersive multimedia exhibition.

This is not the first time members of the public have been allowed to visit the shelters. They opened for two years beginning in 2006, and occasional tours were offered in the years that followed, reports CNN’s Julia Buckley.

Mussolini lived at Villa Torlonia from 1929 to 1943.

The villa was also home to his wife, Rachele, and the couple’s children, Edda, Vittorio, Bruno, Romano and Anna Maria, according to Forbes’ Jim Dobson.

When Italy entered the war, cre