Sacrario delle bandiere, Military flag museum in the Vittoriano, Rome, Italy

The Sacrario delle Bandiere is a military museum housed within the Vittoriano complex that displays historic flags from Italian armed forces units across several exhibition rooms. The collection presents banners from different regiments, each with distinctive crafted details and decorated insignia.

The rooms now housing the museum were Giuseppe Sacconi's personal studio before 1935, where the Vittoriano's architect directed the building site for nearly twenty years. On 24 May 1935, during a ceremony marking the twentieth anniversary of Italy's entry into World War I, war flags of disbanded regiments were transferred here from Castel Sant'Angelo. The exhibition space opened to the public on 4 November 1968, and the naval section was inaugurated on 14 June 1961.

The flags in the collection come from different military units and carry symbols that reflect Italian military traditions. Visitors can observe how these banners were used over time and what they represented to the soldiers who carried them.

The museum is located within the Vittoriano complex, easily accessible from Piazza Venezia with good public transportation connections. The exhibition rooms are reached via wide staircases and elevators, making visits convenient for people with various mobility needs.

The oldest flag in the naval section, from 1860, belonged to the steamship Lombardo, which took part with the Piemonte in Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand. The section opened on 14 June 1961, during the centenary of Italian unification and of the founding of the Regia Marina.