The surprising reason Mussolini’s home town wants to build a fascism museum. The effort has reignited a long-running debate about Italy's conflicted relationship with the jut-jawed Mussolini, who seized power in 1922 and held his nation in thrall for more than two decades, building it into an industrial behemoth even as he threw his opponents into prison camps. Many historians and politicians say that Italy has never fully reckoned with its fascist past — and that one result is the modern-day popularity of leaders who cite Mussolini as a model. The nostalgia has grown even thicker this year in the run-up to the March 4 general election, in which insurgent outsiders who say Mussolini is misunderstood are making up ground on traditional centrist candidates. One aspiring governor in a prosperous region recently said Italy must protect "the white race. " Another politician said Mussolini did "great things" for the country.
Story continues below advertisement Advocates already have $2.5 million in pledges, and the town owns the empty property. "This is our Bethlehem. Predappio. Predappio es un municipio situado en el territorio de la provincia de Forlì-Cesena, en Emilia-Romaña (Italia). Es conocida por ser la ciudad natal de Benito Mussolini. Historia[editar] Desde sus orígenes (posiblemente romanos) hasta la década de 1920, Predappio era una ciudad rural de tamaño modesto, situada en las colinas de los Apeninos forliveses. Augusto dividió Italia en once provincias y Predappio estaba dentro de la sexta provincia. Históricamente, la ciudad se desarrolló alrededor del castillo medieval, mirando hacia el valle.
Benito Mussolini nació en Predappio en 1883. A principios de 2016, la construcción del museo todavía estaba pendiente, pero la venta de recuerdos fascistas nuevamente se permitió en la ciudad.[11] Predappio, vía principal. Ciudades hermanadas[editar] Predappio mantiene un hermanamiento de ciudades con: Demografía[editar] Vista panorámica de Predappio. Enlaces externos[editar] Referencias[editar] 2.PROGETTO MUSEOGRAFICO RELAZIONE. Giorgio Frassineti. Vida[editar] En 1990, Giorgio Frassineti terminó sus estudios de Geografía en la Universidad de Bolonia. En junio de 2009 fue elegido como representante de un partido de coalición de centro-izquierda el alclade de Predappio, el lugar de nacimiento de Mussolini. El municipio con 6.000 habitantes está situado en la región italiana Emilia-Romagna.
Frassineti se ha comprometido a conservar los edificios históricos de Predappio, especialmente los que habían sido construido a partir de los años 1920. El Alcalde aboga por una mayor compromiso cultural y económico de su municipio para reconciliarse con su historia fascista. Es un miembro de la Asociación para la Protección y la Conservación del Patrimonio arquitectónico fascista. Frassineti es autor de la Idea de establecer un centro de documentación internacional del siglo XX. Centro de Documentación del Siglo XX[editar] Este concepto tiene como meta el enfrentamiento con la propia historia fascista y, además, la historia del siglo XX en general. Mussolini's hometown aims to deter far-right supporters with Museum of Fascism. The road to hell may be paved with good intentions, but as a tiny town in northern Italy has discovered, so too can the road to neo-fascism.
Two decades ago, the former mayor of Predappio, birthplace of Benito Mussolini, decided to allow the sale of Fascist and Nazi trinkets in small shops in town. The idea was to control their sale by limiting them to the a handful of stores on the sleepy town's main street. Mussolini admirers leave the objects – miniature busts, T-shirts, and framed photos – on the grave of the Fascist dictator who in 1922 ushered Italians into their darkest period. That chapter lasted until 1943, when Mussolini was arrested and, two years later, executed. "It was our downfall," says current Mayor of Predappio Giorgio Frassineti of the trinket decision, "the biggest mistake this town has ever made. " 'The Chernobyl of Italy' "We're treated like we're the Chernobyl of Italy, like we're contaminated," says Frassineti, a member of the centre-left Democratic party.
Narrating fascism - EUROM. International Conference The INSMLI and the Institute Parri Emilia-Romagna propose a program that should be able to grasp the most relevant aspects, including the less discussed and controversial, of the “narrative” of fascism in Italy Organized in collaboration with the “Documentation Centre on Fascism” planned by the municipality of Predappio with scientific advice of the Institute for the History and Memories of the ‘900 Parri, the seminar “Narrating Fascism” aims to question the way fascism was told, transmitted and made accessible, beyond the historiographical production in a strict sense. The idea is to carry out a reflection not only of what has been fascism, a long discussion that continues to deepen, but rather on how fascism was told at different stages of the history of the Republic. January 203 pm- 7 pm Coordinates: Carlo de Maria Alberto De Bernardi, Historiography on fascism: acquisitions, litigation, outstanding problems January 219 am – 1 pm Coordinates: Carlo Giunchi.
A permanent exhibition on fascism at Predappio: a strange discussion among historians. Information on the project was available on the City of Predappio’s website as early as fall 2015. However, the controversy did not begin until later, when some newspapers (La Stampa and La Repubblica, especially) asked the opinion of a handful of historians, unaware of the long journey leading to these “guidelines for the project of the historical museum as part of the re-utilization of the former Casa del Fascio in Predappio.”
Well-known and less-known historians expressed then the conviction that such a museum could not be located in Predappio, a place which, in the post-war period, was marked by a “fascist” (or rather a “neo-fascist” or “post-fascist”) identity, because of pilgrimages to Mussolini’s tomb that occurred at least three times a year, on the anniversaries of his birth, death, and March on Rome. Predappio and the memory of the dictatorship. By M. Flores and C. Giunchi. Marcello Flores, Historian, professor at the Università degli Studi di Siena, and Carlo Giunchi, cultural manager Cover picture: Souvenir shop in Predappio main street | EUROM It was recently announced that the mayor of the town of Predappio had decided to use a large disused building, the former Casa del Fascio e dell’Ospitalitá, as a site for the study, dissemination and narration of Italian history under Fascism.
The news sparked a debate and a controversy that is still alive and bears witness to the difficulty that surrounds any public discussion of Fascism. Instead of exploring how a museum on Fascism in Italy might have to be designed, the debate focused – exclusively – on the problem of the political and moral expediency of this choice. The main problem, in fact, seemed to be in the site selected for the museum, the town of Predappio. The first stone of the new town was laid on 15 April, 1925, in the presence of the main authorities of the regime. Progettopredappio.