Museo Mille Miglia

Brescia


The original Mille Miglia (Thousand Miles) ran between 1927 and 1957 and was one of Italy's most legendary endurance car races – it started in Brescia and took some 16 hours to complete. The race's colourful museum is loaded with some of the greatest cars to cross the finish line, as well as old-style petrol pumps and archived race footage.

The Mille Miglia proper was halted in 1957 after several high-profile fatalities. But the event (www.1000miglia.it) was revived in the 1970s as a Brescia–Rome round trip, held in May, open only to pre-1957 cars. The Museo Mille Miglia is housed outside central Brescia in the sprawling 11th-century Monastero di Sant'Eufemia della Fonte.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Brescia attractions

1. Santa Giulia

2.16 MILES

You could spend a whole day in this monster of a museum housed in an ex-monastery and still have plenty left for another visit. Those with limited time…

2. Piazza del Foro

2.25 MILES

Back in the first century AD, the Piazza del Foro was the centre of civic and religious life in Brescia (Brixia). You can see a few fragments – including…

3. Brixia Parco Archeologico

2.27 MILES

Brescia’s impressive archaeological complex cleverly reconstructs the city’s Roman past from fragments first discovered in the 1820s. It consists of three…

4. Palazzo Martinengo Cesaresco

2.29 MILES

This 17th-century palace houses two separate museums, and it makes a worthwhile detour while exploring Brescia's historic sites. The Brixia Light Box …

6. Castello

2.39 MILES

Set in a salubrious park atop a hill, Brescia’s impressive castle is a great place for aimless wandering (early mornings are best), soaking up views and…

8. Duomo Vecchio

2.41 MILES

The most compelling of all Brescia's religious monuments is the 11th-century Duomo Vecchio, a rare example of a circular-plan Romanesque basilica, built…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "italy/lombardy-and-the-lakes/brescia/attractions/museo-mille-miglia/a/poi-sig/1256720/359944",
      "destination": "Brescia",
      "continent": "Europe",
      "country": "Italy",
      "region": "The-Italian-Lakes",
      "city": "Brescia",
      "position": "superzone"
    }