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Imola, Via Emilia,
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A
close look at the fasces on the relief that can be found on the
building’s side; with the inscriptions X^Legio. The Fascio di
Combattimento (Political Combat Group) of Imola was part of the Federation
of Bologna that was called X^Legio; year XI to remember the building’s
construction completed in 1933 (XI year of the Fascist Era). The last
bas-relief depicts three figures, each with a musket, spade, and pennant.
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Part
of the speech delivered by Mussolini on the occasion of the proclamation
of the Empire on May 9th 1936-XIV is engraved above the
entrance.
“The
Italian people have created, with their blood, an Empire. They will
fertilize it with their work and they will defend it against whomever with
their arms. With this supreme certainty, legionnaires, raise high your
insignias; the iron and the heart to salute after fifteen centuries the
reappearance of the Empire on the inevitable hills of Rome. Will you be
worthy? This shout is like a sacred oath that appoints you in front of God
and in front of men for life and for death"
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Left
Column
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Right
Column |
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| A
look at the detailed bas-relief of the columns.
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| The
Casa del Fascio (House of Fasces; Party Building) shown here in photos of
the period.
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The
mosaic pavement inside of the Casa del Fascio’s (House of Fasces; Party
Building) gallery depicts Imola’s coat of arms. The fasces have been
removed from the branches of the oak tree on the upper part of the
decoration.
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