# First nationwide map of Italy’s fascist monuments goes online Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2022-11-23 Category: NEWS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news Meta Title: Discover Italy's Fascist Legacy: 1,400 Monuments Online Meta Description: Discover over 1,400 monuments and plaques honouring Mussolini's regime on the 'places of fascism' website. Unveiled by Istituto Nazionale Parri URL: https://financedigest.com/first-nationwide-map-of-italys-fascist-monuments-goes-onlinehtml ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/2022-11-22t175102z2lynxmpeial0vcrtroptp4italy-fascism-1736814827240-compressed.jpg) By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – More than 1,400 monuments, street signs and plaques honouring fascism have been put online in the first nationwide attempt to document the symbols of Benito Mussolini’s regime that still dot the urban landscape of Italy. While Germany systematically scrubbed clean any sign of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime after World War Two, Italians took a much less rigorous approach to removing traces of their Mussolini’s 21-year dictatorship. The “places of fascism” website (www.luoghifascismo.it) was unveiled on Tuesday by the Istituto Nazionale Parri, a Milan-based historical research institute, [following four years](https://www.financedigest.com/murphy-wealth-poised-for-further-growth-following-successful-year.html "Murphy Wealth poised for further growth following successful year") of research. It lists famous landmarks, such as the obelisk in Rome marked in giant lettering with “Mussolini Dux” (Mussolini leader), as well as more obscure memorials up and down the country. “It is a partial census … We know very well that it’s not complete, it’s very much a work in progress,” Igor Pizzirusso, a [public history researcher and webmaster of the site](https://www.financedigest.com/public-restore-uk-heritage-sites-oaksmoreisa.html "The Public Restore UK Heritage Sites With The Oaksmoreisa"), told Reuters. The [website will be expanded with submissions](https://www.financedigest.com/how-you-can-use-websites-submissions.html "How You Can Use Websites Submissions") from the public, subject to verification by experts, Pizzirusso said, adding that about a dozen suggestions came in Tuesday after the website was publicised in La Repubblica newspaper. Italy has a complicated relationship with its fascist past, now under greater scrutiny as Giorgia Meloni, a hard-right politician with a teenage past as a Mussolini fan, was sworn in as [prime minister](https://www.financedigest.com/britains-queen-elizabeth-will-appoint-new-prime-minister-at-balmoral.html "Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will appoint new prime minister at Balmoral") last month. Meloni, who won Sept. 25 elections, insists she and her Brothers of [Italy party](https://www.financedigest.com/italys-right-wing-parties-seen-winning-power-exit-polls.html "Italy’s right-wing parties seen winning power – exit polls") have embraced mainstream conservatism, declaring in August that “the Italian right has handed fascism over to history for decades now. Nevertheless, the [party and its right-wing allies in October went on to elect](https://www.financedigest.com/japans-ruling-party-is-set-for-likely-bruising-in-weekend-election.html "Japan’s ruling party is set for likely bruising in weekend election") as speaker of the Senate Ignazio La Russa, a collector of Mussolini memorabilia who once said that the fascist one-armed salute was more hygienic than handshakes. (Reporting by Alvise Armellini; editing by Crispian Balmer and Mark Heinrich) --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---