A subterranean military bunker in northern Italy that once served as a key Nato command-and-control centre is set to become a Cold War museum preserving the memory of the tensions that shaped generations living in the shadow of the nuclear threat. Designed for military communications specialists who would have coordinated Nato operations in the event of a nuclear attack, the 13,000 sq. Command HQThe bunker originally functioned as the central command post for coordinating Nato military operations across southern Europe and hosted exercises until 2004, before being decommissioned three years later. The university has devised three separate routes: for families with children, school groups, and visitors familiar with Cold War history. Italy already has several smaller Cold War museums, including the Bunker Museum in Dobbiaco, a former military bunker in the country’s far north that operated from 1951 to 1993 as part of a defensive network to counter a potential Soviet ground invasion.