Mussolini's Birthpalce
Story shot in June 2009
A small Italian town of Predappio hidden between endless hills of the Apennine peninsula is known to the rest of the world by the only one reason. It was the place where the leader of Italian fascists Benito Mussolini was born in 1883. It also was the place where his remains were buried in the Mussolini's family crypt on the municipal cemetery sixty years late. Nowadays Predappio has turned into an important pilgrimage place for neo-fascists from all parts of Europe as well as ordinary Italians, sympathized with Duce. Every day dozens and even hundreds visitors arrive to Predappio to pay respect to their idol. It went so far that in April 2009 the town council banned the sale of fascist souvenirs in Predappio, despite of this it's still possible to buy a bust of Adolph Hitler or a mug with Nazi swastika here.


1. Tomb of Benito Mussolini in the family crypt at the Predappio cemetery.






2. Busts and statuettes of Benito Mussolini in one of the several souvenir shops in Predappio.






3. Badges with fascist and Nazi symbolic.






4. Кружки с портретами Гитлера и Муссолини и символикой СС.






5. Small bottles with some drink named 'Sieg Heil' and Adolph Hitler's portrait on the label.






6. Tomb of Benito Mussolini.






7. Glass containers with personal belongings of Benito Mussolini beside his tomb. Mussolini's brain in a small stone box and Mussolini's high boots and the crucifix witch he had with him at the moment of the execution.






8. Tomb of Capitan Bruno Mussolini, the second son of Benito Mussolini, in the family crypt at the Predappio cemetery. Bruno Mussolini was a war pilot and died in 1941 in plane crash.






9. Photogprah in front of the idol's tomb.






10. Souvenirs with Mussolini's portraits in one of the souvenir shops in Predappio.






11. Busts of Benito Mussolini .






12. Mugs with Nazi symbolic and portraits of Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini.






13.Fridge magnets with portraits of Hitler and Mussolini.






14. Shop window of one of the souvenir shops in Predappio.






15. Inscription in Italian I Love You, My Duce! seen in the visitors book beside the Mussolini's tomb.
  
    
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