Italy’s fascist past under scrutiny a century after putsch


              Posters commemorating the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome bearing a picture of Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini reading: "Marching!" with a quote by Mussolini "you have to set yourself goals to have the courage to reach them" are posted on the Rome's public billboard space, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. The posters were later ordered removed by Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
            
              Posters commemorating the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome bearing a picture of Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini reading: "Marching!" with a quote by Mussolini "you have to set yourself goals to have the courage to reach them" are posted on the Rome's public billboard space, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. The posters were later ordered removed by Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
            
              Posters commemorating the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome bearing a picture of Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini reading: "Marching!" with a quote by Mussolini "you have to set yourself goals to have the courage to reach them" are posted on the Rome's public billboard space, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
            
              Posters commemorating the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome bearing a picture of Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini reading: "Marching!" with a quote by Mussolini "you have to set yourself goals to have the courage to reach them" are posted on the Rome's public billboard space, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
            
              Posters commemorating the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome bearing a picture of Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini reading: "Marching!" with a quote by Mussolini "you have to set yourself goals to have the courage to reach them" are posted on the Rome's public billboard space, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
            
              Posters commemorating the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome bearing a picture of Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini reading: "Marching!" with a quote by Mussolini "you have to set yourself goals to have the courage to reach them" are posted on the Rome's public billboard space, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
            
              Posters commemorating the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome bearing a picture of Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini reading: "Marching!" with a quote by Mussolini "you have to set yourself goals to have the courage to reach them" are posted on the Rome's public billboard space, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
            
              Posters commemorating the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome bearing a picture of Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini reading: "Marching!" with a quote by Mussolini "you have to set yourself goals to have the courage to reach them" are posted on the Rome's public billboard space, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
            
              FILE - A marble obelisk by architect Costantino Costantini with engravings reading in Latin Mussolini Dux (Mussolini Leader) stands in front of the Olympic Stadium, in Rome, Monday, May 6, 2019. Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
            
              FILE - The word "duce", which was Benito Mussolini's title, is written on the mosaic pavement in front of the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Monday, May 6, 2019, next to a plaque commemorating the founding of Mussolini's Fasci Italiani di Combattimento (Italian Fighting Fasces) on March 23, 1919. Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
            
              FILE - A giant marble bas-relief titled "The Story of Rome through its Constructions", made in 1940 by sculptor Publio Morbiducci, shows Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on horseback, at the entrance of a building in the EUR neighborhood of Rome, Monday, May 6, 2019. Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
            
              FILE - One of the statues by sculptor Eugenio Baroni adorns the Pietrangeli tennis stadium behind spectators watching a match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 16, 2019. The tennis stadium is part of the Foro Italico sports complex, which was initially called Foro Mussolini (Mussolini's Forum). Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
            
              FILE - Fasces, a bundle of rods tied around an axe, the symbol which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini adopted from ancient Rome, are seen carved in a bridge by St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, Monday, May 6, 2019. Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
            
              FILE - Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) President Giovanni Malago', bottom left, and Italian athlete Filippo Tortu attend a press conference to present the Golden Gala athletic meeting, as they stand beneath a mural titled "Apotheosis of Fascism", in the Salone d'Onore of the CONI headquarters, in Rome, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
            
              FILE - In this Friday, May 3, 2019. file photo, fasces, the original symbol of Fascism adapted from ancient Rome, showing a bundle of rods tied together around an axe, are seen carved with eagles on the facade of the Madonna dei Monti church, above a plaque commemorating the fallen soldiers of WWI, in downtown Rome. Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
            
              FILE - In this Thursday, May 16, 2019 file photo, a Fascist motto reading in Italian "Many enemies, much honor", decorates the mosaic pavement on the avenue from the Olympic stadium to a fascist-era obelisk, at Rome's Foro Italico sporting ground. Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
            
              FILE - Far-Right party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome, early Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Far-right Brothers of Italy party controversially retains the symbol of a flame used by the fascist regime. Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
            
              FILE - Maurizio Villata, left, and Beppe (last name not available) members of the "Associazione Guardia D'onore Benito Mussolini" (Benito Mussolini Honor Guard Association) stand by the tomb of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in the family crypt in his native town of Predappio, central Italy, in this Feb. 8, 2002 file photo. Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo/Venanzio Raggi, File)
            
              FILE - Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, center, hands on hips, with members of the Fascist Party, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 28, 1922, following their March on Rome. Italy's failure to come to terms with its fascist past is more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power as the first postwar government led by a neo-fascist party takes office. (AP Photo, File)
Italy’s fascist past under scrutiny a century after putsch