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Mussolini’s Hometown Can’t Figure Out How to Quit Him

‘CHERNOBYL OF ITALY’

Right-wingers treat Predappio as a Disneyland of sorts; to left-wingers, it’s a toxic symbol of Italy’s handling of its fascist past. But the reality is far more complicated.

Alex Sakalis
Alex Sakalis
Participants, of a fascist rally to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome, hold a large Italian flag as they march to the San Cassiano cemetery, the burial place of Benito Mussolini, in Predappio, on October 30, 2022.
Piero Cruciatti/AFP
Alex Sakalis

Alex Sakalis

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