A historic setting that preserves period decorations and furnishings, evidence of Italy's railway past. Designed in 1864 as a waiting room for the Savoy family, the Gonin room was designed - like the entire Turin Porta Nuova station - by the engineer Alessandro Mazzucchetti. Gonin's gigantic allegories pay homage to the railways, representing the typical elements of the steam engine: the earth (Ceres, goddess of fertility, on a chariot pulled by lions), water (Venus on a shell-shaped chariot pulled by seahorses) and fire (with a representation of the abduction of the nymph Proserpina by Hades, god of the Underworld). At the corners of the room, instead, the four continents are represented.

Another example of historic railway architecture, with original decorative elements. The presidential waiting room, originally a royal hall intended for the sovereign and the court to rest, is located inside the royal palace facing the Santa Maria Novella station. It was inaugurated in October 1935, as part of the renovation works of the station itself. All the interior spaces are distinguished by the use of refined materials: from the access floors in green Prato marble to the window frames in Carrara marble. 

The Capitoline station was designed by the architect of the FS Works and Construction Service, Roberto Narducci, in anticipation of the Universal Exhibition of 1942. Inside is the presidential hall, introduced by a monumental atrium. Dominating the 115 square meter room is the statue of the Goddess Roma, created in 1940 by the sculptor Alfredo Angeloni and placed on the right wall. The statue is about three meters high and is made of white Carrara marble..

The station entered into service in September 1925, but it was not until 1927 that the passenger building was inaugurated, designed at the end of the 19th century, as demonstrated by the classic symmetrical layout of the period: the lateral wings for arrivals and departures, divided by the central atrium of the ticket office. Inside the building there is the presidential room, 33 square meters cared for in every detail and designed to welcome important guests visiting the Neapolitan capital.

The exhibition site is unique in the national panorama, among the most fascinating railway museums in Europe located, between Naples and Portici, right on the first stretch of railway built on the Peninsula. Nestled between the sea and Vesuvius with a spectacular view of the Gulf of Naples, the site represents a unicum in Italy both for the richness of the materials preserved and for the charm of the site. It extends over an area of ​​36,000 square meters, part of which is occupied by a wonderful botanical garden with plants from all over the world.

The Trieste Campo Marzio Museum is a museum entirely dedicated to the world of railways, with a particular focus on the history of the railways of Friuli, Venezia Giulia and the once-Italian lands of Istria and DalmatiaHoused in an arm of the Trieste Campo Marzio station, it represents the first example of a museum-station in Italy: the place itself, a fascinating liberty-style terminal station from 1906, is an integral part of the exhibition, because it is an architectural jewel that is rare to find in Europe.