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October 10th, 2017 | #1 |
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Into the fascist forest a real Italian controversy
Into the fascist forest a real Italian controversy
Can a forest be fascist? This may seem a facetious question, but it is one that Italians have been discussing of late due to a fire that occurred at the end of August. The fire, allegedly started accidently by someone cooking tomato sauce, burned down part of a historic and controversial forest on the slopes of Mount Giano, about 100km north-east of Rome. The 20,000 fir trees here, spread over eight hectares, were planted between 1938 and 1939 by recruits studying at the academy of the forestry corps in the small town of Cittaducale. They were a homage to Mussolini: planted in such a way so that from afar, they read DUX, the fascist leaders title in Latin. And some want to replant it. https://www.thelocal.it/20171010/int...ersy-mussolini |
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