Museo dell Automobile

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As befits a city responsible for 80% of Italian car manufacturing, the Museo dell Automobile is a shiny collection of most of the cars that have done Italy proud over the years, including Lancias, Isotta Frashinis, and the Itala that came in first in the 1907 Peking-to-Paris rally. Among the oddities is a roadster emblazoned with the initials nd, which Gloria Swanson drove in her role as faded movie queen Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. The museum lies well south of the center; take Bus 34 or 35, or tram 1 or 18. However, it, too, will remain closed for renovations until sometime in late 2008—in this case, a complete overhaul courtesy of the same folks who created the avant-garde Museum of Cinema in Mole Antonelliana, turning this car showcase into a much more sprightly and interactive modern museum.

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